Some people aren't alright with the tradeoff. I manage to stay in touch with family and friends without using it, but they happen to use it extensively. I suppose the "it sucks" opinion is just as polarising as the "I have no privacy but it's fine". Looks like the argument will never be settled!
I can imagine attempting to send letters to friends in other continents would be slow, but a nice touch if you received a letter.
And yes, sending letters is fun. Guess I'm just too lazy/used to the convenience of the internet.
Everything you wrongly attribute to facebook is actually made possible by this thing called Internet and was being done long before facebook. The only thing facebook achieved (through unethical and dubious means) is to capture and keep captive a large proportion of internet users. Which is sad as facebook is pushing hard towards the destruction of the internet and is having some success in it (contrary to microsoft who tried the same during the 90's)
Yes, the things I mention are possible thanks to The Internet, but The Internet alone doesn't allow me to do it, we need clients (and possibly servers) to use The Internet to communicate etc. Facebook offers these things. It's not the only offer, but please refer me to a usable alternative that my friends use/would use and I'll gladly consider using it.
Sure. That is fine. But the problem with your statement is that "so far" isn't true. Facebook can and will store your data even if you delete it.
So if the future you starts to agree with my opinion there is no way for you to erase your stuff. It just isn't shown publicly, if you're lucky.