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How long did it take you to successfully moving away from Google or somewhat take control of your data? Also what services / apps that prevent you to do so? (lemmy.world)
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For me it's Whatsapp. Like 99% of people i know use it so yeh.. i still need it. I am considering moving the Whatsapp Gdrive backup to a local backup btw.

Google photos is also a major problem for us. We have a lot of stuff that want to migrate to different service (or store locally).

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[–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Deleting facebook is tricky in sooo many ways. From a tech view, it is so hard to find a "Delete account" button. You literally need to dig through random places to find it.

From a consumer view, it is very hard to truly delete it. Notice how facebook gave you a time limit in case you change your mind?

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    Not only that, but many local businesses don’t have websites and just use Facebook. Marketplace is another reason, Craigslist is practically dead near me.

    A few weeks ago, some friends and I decided to go out for some drinks. We agreed upon a place and met up, only to find there was a Journey cover band performing with a $10 cover charge at the door. All of us hate Journey lol

    I checked the website beforehand but it hadn’t been updated in months. However a friend checked their facebook page after we found out, and saw that they had posted about the band on there only 24 hours before.

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