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Facebook is forcing new users to use facial recognition (lemmy.ml)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by Zeon@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I only want to use it for facebook marketplace, but jeez i didnt know they were taking it this far with this crap...

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[–] mudkip 31 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Here's a word of advice: do not use that sack of shit company for anything. Always use decentralized alternatives wherever possible

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

What is the decentralized alternative where all the people in my city are?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago

I signed up for friendica, after 2 decades of having never used facebook.

It's blank, and I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

I can't comment on what the facebook experience is, but I imagine they don't just dump you onto a blank white page, with zero explaination.

Note that I am NOT defending or endorsing facebook. I'm just saying the decentralized services have work to do before they can fully be reccomended.

I also recently signed up for pixelfed. It took 3 days to login the first time. And I'm still not sure what the point of collections is. But I did upload 4 pictures.

[–] KoloradoKoolAid75@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

When the entire country (not USA or EU) uses Instagram and WhatsApp for communication, your hand is forced to use it too.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 13 hours ago

It's called network effect and it's the reason why most people are forced to use WhatsApp or Facebook