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In reply to the discussion: Quit Facebook and delete the App from your Smartphone. Seriously, delete it. NOW! [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)98. So is WhatsApp.
It's Facebook as well.
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Quit Facebook and delete the App from your Smartphone. Seriously, delete it. NOW! [View all]
DetlefK
Dec 2018
OP
It has a culture of deception (such a culture is biologically necessary to amass grotesque wealth)
DemocracyMouse
Dec 2018
#96
I've never had an account. Never used that piece of shit app. Yet, the
Guy Whitey Corngood
Dec 2018
#9
I just got a 9 and it only lets me disable and roll back updates. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Dec 2018
#40
Reading these posts, I consider myself lucky to have been able to easily dump it.
WillowTree
Dec 2018
#51
I highly recommend this app ..its free, it will ask you if you want to allow an app Internet access
wroberts189
Dec 2018
#139
3 Ways to Remove Facebook if It Came Preinstalled on Your Android Phone -- No Root Needed
Celerity
Dec 2018
#151
Extremely important..Facebook lied. It didn't sell info, IT SHARED INFO..WITH OTHERS..
Stuart G
Dec 2018
#3
Copy that. But, my other half joined up last year (?). I keep sending him
sprinkleeninow
Dec 2018
#115
I'm on the 30 day countdown to deletion of account on Putin & Zuckerberg's
workinclasszero
Dec 2018
#15
Or, the focus on FB is pretending that cutting down one tree denies the existence of a forest.
LanternWaste
Dec 2018
#120
No matter what he says, every keystroke you give him is kept, shared and monetized behind your back.
dalton99a
Dec 2018
#50
I'm not naive enough to think that nearly everything to know about me is being collected and shared
elocs
Dec 2018
#58
facebook has ALWAYS been a big data collecting machine...why do you think we get it for free?
samnsara
Dec 2018
#66
Yes, and you also don't have to accept every friend request that comes your way.
GoCubsGo
Dec 2018
#119
I don't agree with that. That's what trump is pushing. Do you support Trump?
rockfordfile
Dec 2018
#113
Can't delete. I have a Samsung. When I get my next phone I'm going to get a brand
SweetieD
Dec 2018
#76
Someone needs to file a clas action suit on behalf of all Facebook users.
Liberty Belle
Dec 2018
#84
everytime you sue your credit card you give your information to corporations
wasupaloopa
Dec 2018
#127
Apparently it's FaceBook that could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any supporters.
TeamPooka
Dec 2018
#134
'I don't miss it at all.' There's life after deleting Facebook, some former users say
dalton99a
Dec 2018
#147
I have nothing on it nor do I use it to message or post. No input from me.
lindysalsagal
Dec 2018
#155