I know. It was hard. But if we won't even take a stand with these censorious assholes, and we let them continue spying on and censoring us, then where exactly will we armchair warriors take a stand?
So far, in 5 days, I've persuaded 13 of my friends to create a Telegram account and they all love it.
Take the plunge.
Fuck Zuck. Fuck Facebook. Take a stand for free speech. Don't let the CIA/FBI/NSA/DOJ/IRS watch your life.
True, but the point is, you are not using it. You're not giving them any more clues about where you are, who you are, what you believe in. No more fresh information to sell. No more ads they can show you. No more "fact checking" they can perform. Their user base shrinks a fraction, and therefore their importance and income shrinks a fraction. Their competitors grow.
Look at Twitter: 17% decline in users (at last count) since Trump was booted; Twitter lost $1.4 Billion in fiscal year 2020. It all has an effect...