[helboi4]

Everything I do is either a Whatsapp group or a Telegram group these days. Whatsapp is owned by Meta but is at least encrypted, private and free from the bullshit of a real social media. Telegram is a better alternative if you really want to leave Meta behind. People will suggest Signal but in my experience literally nobody uses it except radical organisers. I have only one group on there and its for a protest group. Nobody else ever even messages me on there.

[gvurrdon]

I've managed to persuade some people and groups to use Signal. If I could find a way to use Whatsapp without Meta being able to identify me via my phone number and ransack my contacts then I would, reluctantly, give it a go.

[benatkin]

It’s owned by Facebook

[helboi4]

Did you read my comment smartass? Do you think I don't know that?

[benatkin]

Just agreeing with you but taking it farther for myself by not acknowledging the Altria-like new name

[helboi4]

Lmao I just looked up Altria: "Altria Group, Inc. is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes, and medical products in the treatment of illnesses caused by tobacco." Absolutely hilariously ghoulish.