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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So I got the message from instagram about either paying or using it free (at the cost personalised ads) just now.

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Doesn't this go against the GDPR? Either way, is there a FOSS alternative for instagram like piped is to youtube? It seems like a good opportunity to stop using the official app, even though it would be better to not use instagram at all (sadly not an option for me right now).

Any suggestions, and if so, are there any that provide functionality for: stories, posts, dms? Those are the 3 things I use instagram for.

Many thanks!

Edit: For messaging I do use beeper, though some media like carousels and posts sent to my dms cant be shown in there, so for those cases I open the official app.

Edit 2: many people have suggested pixelfed. Ive heard of it, and want to use it, but unfortunately the only reason Im still sticking with instagram is because I have very dear friends who would never change to anything non-mainstream. Theyre important enough that im willing to not delete it just yet, but I dont want to agree to either pay or pay with my data.

What im looking for is more like a piped for youtube, thing. So a frintend that has instagram content/features, but isnt the main app and avoids the problems I listed above

Edit 3: I ended up installing the site as a PWA on my phone as thats the only device I use it on, and uninstalled the official app. Thanks to everyone for all your input!

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[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Just STOP using their service.

This situation isn’t getting any better. After this they will regularly up the price and take out features that you are used to and charged you extra.

They are still gathering and selling your information. Meaning you might not get ads on instagram but your digital fingerprint is still being used literally on every other website that FB works with.

Corporate social media is a toxic parasite that’s only going to enshittify more and more while people are willing frogs boiling themselves slowly.

Join mastodon, pixelfed and peertube. That’s the future of consumer rights and clawing away from billionaire ownership.

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Im already on mastodon and i use piped, but sadly I cant leave insta yet because i have very dear friends on there who i chat with, and they'd never switch to something else (... And meta knows this btw)

[–] Killercat103@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago

Well someones gotta go first. Nah, I'm kidding and I get it. I tried it myself with Snapchat and Discord and it was a very slow and tedious process. But I got it done. Migrated to SMS for the people that refused to adopt a new platform and since SMS is ...quite bad it does get easier to convince once you're there. Feel somewhat guilty for bothering people but I sure don't miss the old platforms. Good riddance.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Your first mistake was making real friends >:C

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If he only follows them through Instagram it's most likely a para-social relationship, and not a real friend at all.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Or friends who've decided that their "one app" for messaging is Instagram? I think something like that is a possibility.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I had to do the same thing. If they are dear friends then they shouldn’t have a problem getting a free app to chat with you. Otherwise sms is always an option.

Someone has to be the catalyst for change. Otherwise the corporate grip is only going to get stronger and soon enough all corporate social media will be subscription only.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s just more enshittification

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It absolutely is not. You are using enshitification incorrectly. This is the core business model of facebook since the very beginning. They don't give a shit about people spending $13/mo. They absolutely do not want people to choose that option. This is literally about about a legal loophole they think they have found to get around GDPR and have people "opt-in" to the same kind of data collection their business is based on.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago

It’s linked to the same thing though. Investor pressure to produce a profit or sink. It’s the service getting worse. And Facebook wrote the book on enshittification- think 2006 Facebook.

[–] doctorn@r.nf 1 points 11 months ago

Should have posted that chain-text to my Facebook wall years ago so my profile would be blue and safe...

Please forgive me,... I failed you all... 😭

[–] Lemmchen@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

13€? Are they insane? If I were to use the platform I'd be willing to pay 3€ at most. 13€ is just ridiculous.

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Your info won't be used for ads"

But we'll still be tracking everything you do and selling that on to everyone who wants it.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[–] nfsu2@feddit.cl 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pixelfed it is then

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is pixelfed an entirely different platform? Sadly i have many good friends on insta who i talk with, and they wouldnt ever switch to anything else, so because of that im stuck with meta. Otherwise i would 100% leave it

[–] nfsu2@feddit.cl 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It is Instagram but federated in a nutshell. Just like Lemmy is similar to Reddit but federated. Whoah, wait I saw your profile and you do not know about Pixelfed?

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Ahh i see. Im going to edit my post now to specify that Im looking for an alternative frontend to instagram, such as piped is for youtube. Sadly i have friends on insta that I cant stop using it for now because of

Edit: haha ive heard of it, but its not really what im looking for sadly

[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub -1 points 11 months ago

Doesn't exist.

Just switch to Pixelfed.

Good friends will talk to you elsewhere like Telegram or Signal.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago

I chose option C, don't use Instagram. But thanks, I guess!

[–] Treczoks@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago

The sane choice would be to leave.

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org -1 points 11 months ago

Option 3: uninstall

[–] penquin@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago

I'll just stop using it if they tell me this. You can sign up for pixelfed. It's a part of the fediverse, too. You can transfer all of your Instagram photos to it very easily. They even have instructions on how to do it. I moved all of my 650 photos in about 20 minutes. Just in case.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ive heard of it, and want to use it, but unfortunately the only reason Im still sticking with instagram is because I have very dear friends who would never change to anything non-mainstream.

This is called the network effect, it's a social problem and no amount of technology will solve this. So your choices are either to stop using apps where you are the product, and obviously convince your friends to stop that as well, or grin and bear it. Maybe think about what you did 20 years ago and do that instead.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago

I've given an ultimatum to friends and family, switch to fediverse or our interactions will be reduced to in person encounters.