this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2025
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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Literal Hostage Situation (feddit.org)
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Google photos on ios is literally a hostage situation. Remove key functionalities like copying an image or editing an image unless you give them full unrestricted access to your entire photo library. (The holy grail of surveillance capitalism data). Data extortion masquerading as a service.

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[โ€“] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But if you care about any of that, why the fuck would you use WhatsApp!

[โ€“] jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Because everyone uses whatsapp. For most there isn't really an option of not using whatsapp. Though more and more people are switching to signal nowadays, which is good to see.