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Leaving Big Tech Apps Can Mean Losing Your Social Circle
Original: Can we talk honestly about how isolating it feels to switch away from big tech's apps when your friends and family refus
A user who quit Meta's platforms for decentralized alternatives including Mastodon, Matrix, XMPP, Delta Chat and WAFRN describes the experience as isolating, because friends and family refuse to switch with them. The post has struck a chord with others in the decentralized web community, many of whom report the same trade-off between privacy principles and staying connected to the people in their lives.
Why now: It articulates a common frustration among people trying to leave mainstream platforms: the social cost of moving to apps their contacts won't adopt.
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- Can we talk honestly about how isolating it feels to switch away from big tech's apps when your friends and family refuse to make the switch? I ditched Meta's apps for alternatives like WAFRN, Mastodon, Delta Chat, Matrix and XMPP but now I've got no one to talk to. Sadly, I… · tgdragon@ieji.de · 7
- Can we talk honestly about how isolating it feels to switch away from big tech's apps when your friends and family refuse to make the switch? I ditched Meta's apps for alternatives like WAFRN, Mastodon, Delta Chat, Matrix and XMPP but now I've got no one to talk to. Sadly, I… · tgdragon79@app.wafrn.net · 2
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