Happy to see that Facebook is taking the #DMA seriously!  

Context: I haven't had any Facebook apps installed on my phone for years. If I *could* completely avoid using them, I would, but it's almost impossible to do so, the switching costs and the people and communities you are severing yourself from are just too high a price to pay.

I basically stopped using Facebook years ago but when I got @lumi I got ensnared again, all the dog people, communities, puppy classes, *everyone* communicates over Facebook Groups & Messenger.

So I've been using the web versions, in Firefox (Facebook Container), and even sometimes when I really needed, on my phone (Messenger.com only works in Desktop Mode in Chrome but oh well, I really only use it in emergencies).

Now Facebook is trying to force me to install the Messenger app just to be able to "make a choice" (the page URL is /privacy/consent/) and blame it on the EU…

"Malicious Compliance" is The Times person of the year ppl

Well that was a lot less painful than expected!

Partly the reason is that @calyxos makes it fairly painless, but also no doubt the fact that I've researched/prepared/started using alternatives already a few months ahead of fully committing to the switch.

(I also have a secondary Pixel 5 I got from Ali Express and turned out not to be OEM Unlockable that I keep on stock Android for using it occasionally with apps that require an ‘untampered’ system)
#degooglification