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It's going to become like Google for me. I rely on Gmail, so I don't use any of their other services. Wouldn't be able to delete accounts for their other products, might accidentally trip something that gets my Gmail disabled, etc. Not worth the hassle or the risk.

So no more Facebook, no more Instagram, don't currently use Whatsapp and will keep it that way.

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The (small) difference with Google is that you can have a Google account without requiring any other services - just having a Google account doesn’t mean that you have to use email.

Facebook forces the use of its social network, and you can’t create an email without a profile. If you are inactive you can get banned.

> If you are inactive you can get banned.

Do you have a source for this? I know a lot of folks who abandoned Facebook without deleting their accounts, I haven’t heard of any of them getting banned.

If you create a new account and don't use it it's flagged as spambot.

If a Facebook account has $200 worth of VR game purchases associated with it, that's unlikely to be a spam bot. I think the team that deals with spam prevention hasn't gotten the memo yet but they aren't stupid.

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