I have come to realise that I can’t just leave Facebook and Instagram without it influencing the stuff that I really care about. Most of my hobbies, interests, friends, clubs etc are on Facebook, and leaving the platform would affect the level of involvement that I can achieve.

So my question is: would it be an option to run Facebook and Instagram on a device that I don’t use for anything else than that? I won’t being it with me anywhere and I won’t use it for communication, searches, browsing etc. Only Facebook and Instagram.

I still haven’t accepted the terms of the meta platform and as accepting them would allow to track on any device, I have uninstalled on all devices. So I am thinking of installing the apps on a spare device and just letting them be isolated there.

I realise that they will still track my activities on the apps though, but I believe that the few weeks I’ve had without the app, has taught me that I dont need to browse the fees. Just check the communities that i am involved in and put again

Any thoughts or advice on this?

  • @Facebones@reddthat.com
    3•8 months ago

    IDK if it’s available on mobile, but Firefox has a Facebook container plug in that automatically isolates any Facebook or meta adjacent site to keep them from accessing anything else. It auto blocks FB elements on other sites (like those embedded comment sections or like button sticks)

    • Barthol
      0•8 months ago

      @Facebones @cosmicrookie Facebook and its community is a cancer that I wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot pole whether it spies on me or not.

      I stopped using it in 2019 because of the toxic political atmosphere that was present.