I shall remind y'all that I was banned from all #Meta platforms since 2.5 years ago (https://github.com/austinhuang0131/austinhuang0131/issues/2), and I wouldn't sugarcoat it and say my life is now significantly better, but it actually didn't really affect anything, so dropping them is possible. And yes, I used to treat #Instagram as necessary for contacting classmates (hence I made #Barinsta), but are you really missing out by not following them?
In response to Louis Barclay writind about his experience* with #Meta's #CeaseAndDesist on Unfollow Everything (which got some clout on Hacker News), I also detailed mine on #Barinsta (which is the open source Android #Instagram client I made), at https://austinhuang.me/barinsta . Suggestions for the page welcomed.
👋 Mastodon ! Aujourd'hui je te fais un tuto sur les interfaces alternatives : des logiciels qui te permettent d'accéder aux contenus des plateformes privatrices en réduisant l'impact environnemental, la surveillance de masse (capture de tes données), la consommation de tes ressources (énergie, bande passante, attention), les conséquences sociétales (éviter d'augmenter les "vues" et la viralité d'un contenu néfaste) et de contourner la censure.
Tu déroules et dans 5 minutes c'est opérationnel 💪