Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🦥 Fri 19 Apr 2024

calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ugh. We started using it for work during the lockdowns, but now it’s only used for odd rare work messaging. Might see if I can get the boss to knock it on the head.

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Peeved is the mildest word I can use.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I am currently fuming about this too. I don’t even have auto update enabled on my apps so how did it happen? Turns out WhatsApp apparently can roll out server-side updates at any time??? And there’s no way to opt out of this stupid update either.

  I can’t not use it either as it’s the only way I can stay in touch with most of my relatives, I can’t get them to switch to Telegram or Signal…

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  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same boat.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The irritating thing is that apparently the toggle switch was already there all this while. I really hope there’s enough backlash to force meta to reintroduce it because this is total bs. The server side updates are really not cool either :/

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• Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Can anyone explain what the issue is, it’s just an optional button no?

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  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, for me I don’t trust meta. And yes I know WhatsApp is meta, but I’m sort of locked into it on account of almost everyone I am in contact with using it. Just don’t like the idea of meta based AI possibly using my messages for learning.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  ffs need to get my mates off whatsapp. its the last meta app I cant ditch.

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