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.
You can de-Google an Android phone and still have a lot of good features. You don't have Siri or Google Maps but I have found ways around that. People are writing apps every day and putting them up on F-Droid. Check it out. https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/06/09/install-use-custom-rom-no-google-apps/