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[QUESTION] How to quit closed-source platforms? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 years ago by SnowC0de@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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This is a question I am wondering. I try to avoid as much as I can platforms like YouTube, Discord, Whatsapp, Zoom, etc. But I just can't! For YouTube I love the content to much to quit it. I actually uses Invidio.us and NewPipe to avoid this problem. I just need to import my subscriptions.

Then you got the case of some social medias where it doesn't depends on you. For example I need to use Whatsapp for school even if I hate it, same for Zoom.

I also got friends and communities that are only on Discord.

Do you already had these issues? How are you dealing with them?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] rx480@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol why is this post on my homepage

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Because that other person made a recent comment, and there aren't that many other new things yet.

Lemmy's sorting algorithm is undergoing a lot of tinkering lately.