Just leave and dont use it. None of my friends ever follow me but I dont stop.
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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you could also just refuse to use whatsapp and tell your friends to get your alternative if they want to stay in contact with you. if they refuse, their loss.
The only thing that will beat free is convenience.
If you can make it somehow more convenient to use the other alternatives, you may have more luck.
Other than that, you may have to just bite the bullet and stop using it altogether. Be the change you want to see.
We have had good luck with irc, XMPP, and Matrix.
just deinstall it - easy as that
Install something like GBWhatsapp. Whatsapp seems to do ban waves every now and again so there's no guarantee on the time frame you'll get banned (it took about 4 years for them to catch up with me) but it'll more than likely happen eventually.
Tell your local legislators to make text messages via the regulated phone system work better and cheaper. Back in 2012 I met someone who worked for them (before Meta) and when I said I'd never heard of them he responded "because US phone companies don't rape their customers for text messages". Even today most American's don't use whatsapp because unless you have a message to send international your phone comes with something that works for free.
Whatsapp existing at all is a sign that your phone system doesn't work like it should. This can be fixed.
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