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I definitely felt this guy was a little bit hyperbolic because the more social media gets the way he describes the more I see people disconnect from it

I don't know anyone other than people over 50 who still check their facebook feeds and the kids are out enjoying the sun today

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Replace facebook with instagram (another meta property) or tiktok or snapchat to address the under 50 crowd.

Instagram is the single most garbage app on my phone, and I also have Snapchat installed so that's saying something. It's constantly starting itself up in the background and then using so much memory I can't also have a browser and a keyboard open. Whenever this happens I know I have to go and force-stop Instagram.

Google and/or Samsung doesn't provide a setting to never run this app in the background because that would be bad for their own data collection, I'm sure. Or, you know, let me install my own software on the phone.

> It's constantly starting itself up in the background

I'm astonished by the idea that Android allows apps to start themselves.

Surely I'm misunderstanding your comment.

If not, then the rot runs deeper than Instagram. Which is also saying something.

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