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[–] pirate2377@lemmy.zip 4 points 16 hours ago

Wait, this is a bad thing?

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 13 points 1 day ago

I wish this also affected WhatsApp.

[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Please do that to my friend, please do that to my friend.

Ofc I respect his freedom to use whatever apps he chooses to use, what do you mean?

Anyway. Please meta, ban my friend from meta and make sure to track his device ID/IP/cookies etc so can can't make a new acc.

[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

Oh no...

Anyway...

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nothing of value was lost.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, 15 years of family photos that were take on old phones they no longer have is worth a bit. Yes, the user should have backed it up, but if they were taking the pics in side the app, that's easier said then done.

I'd be more than happy to see the platform fold.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whatsapp has an option to save all chat pictures to the device. It's easier said than done, but barely. You only need to turn on that option, then turn on backups for that folder in your phone's backup system, if it isn't automatic.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 14 hours ago

half a dozen different solutions have come and gone. Most of them will suck down all your videos and then charge you for being out of space. Plex used to have sync, So did Amazon.

I've moved on to syncthing now, selfhosted ftw

[–] Resist@lemmy.org 24 points 1 day ago

Great for society

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 18 points 1 day ago

That sounds great actually. Set my people free!

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh no!

Aaaaanyway...

[–] dorumon@lemmy.cafe 19 points 1 day ago

Oh noes not again! Guess I'll still not use these web services lol. Anyway has anyone seen the Pinely video?Wwhere he got banned off of Facebook for not interacting with the AI generated slop and trying to talk to his friends and family members. I feel like Meta even after he doxxed himself and scanned his face to verify he is a real human doesn't seem that invested into you not constantly looking at the non humanity and advertising potential of its platforms that it owns and giving them money indirectly. I feel like there should be government regulation around this but it's never going to happen.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago
[–] Teknikal@anarchist.nexus 6 points 1 day ago

Never used them and never will, so as far as I concerned nothing of value is lost.

[–] MoreZombies@quokk.au 3 points 1 day ago

oh, no.

anyway...

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Never understood why Fecebook ever got so popular. There is a long history of drama surrounding its decisions and changes to its service.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I used it as a child for the minigames but never really got into the social media part

[–] RePsyche@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Fedi incoming! Keep it up meta, I appreciate all you do to destroy yourself!

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

oh… no…

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago

Dissenters?