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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by deanalevitt on Thursday March 07, 2019 @12:52AM (#19325841)
Exactly. I removed FB from my mobile devices for just this reason.
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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by HenryKissinger on Thursday March 07, 2019 @12:59AM (#19325866)
(cries in Samsung)
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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by propogandist on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:09AM (#19325912)
You can use adb to uninstall apps like FB and Chrome in a few minutes, with your phone connected to a computer

https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatwa...

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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by dbdjfjrjvebd on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:30AM (#19325981)
> This works because applications truly aren’t being fully uninstalled from the device, they are just being uninstalled for the current user
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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by pjc50 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:32AM (#19326978)
If it's not running and doesn't send you notifications or demand updates, do you care all that much?
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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by dbdjfjrjvebd on Thursday March 07, 2019 @07:26AM (#19327438)
In many ways no. NB the same can be achieved by disabling the App in settings?

There is the principal of who owns the device... But that is a slightly different topic.

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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by zamalek on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:32AM (#19325989)
Disable it in app settings, that effectively uninstalls it.
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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by throwmeback on Thursday March 07, 2019 @04:29AM (#19326688)
I used this method on my friends'/family phones where I can't just flash an AOSP-based ROM. That will change now that I found out about debloating through ADB.
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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by JohnFen on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:42PM (#19330806)
Disabling is better than nothing, but it's no substitute for actually uninstalling.
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