I have come to realise that I can’t just leave Facebook and Instagram without it influencing the stuff that I really care about. Most of my hobbies, interests, friends, clubs etc are on Facebook, and leaving the platform would affect the level of involvement that I can achieve.

So my question is: would it be an option to run Facebook and Instagram on a device that I don’t use for anything else than that? I won’t being it with me anywhere and I won’t use it for communication, searches, browsing etc. Only Facebook and Instagram.

I still haven’t accepted the terms of the meta platform and as accepting them would allow to track on any device, I have uninstalled on all devices. So I am thinking of installing the apps on a spare device and just letting them be isolated there.

I realise that they will still track my activities on the apps though, but I believe that the few weeks I’ve had without the app, has taught me that I dont need to browse the fees. Just check the communities that i am involved in and put again

Any thoughts or advice on this?

  • JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    One option is a live CD or a VM and in this case you can restore the state after each session. In both cases only your IP, timestamps, browser details and everything you interacted with on the site is stored by Facebook. But no new hardware or cookies will be stored on your device as it is wiped each time.

  • virtualbriefcase@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    What, social lives? Get outta here with that nonsense and be a hobbit like the rest of us :)

    Seriously though, if you’re thinking on a phone I’d reccomend just creating a second profile instead of getting a whole new device. The apps won’t be running when the profile is running, and as a bonus you can usually restrict the profile’s permissions. Also consider checking out web wrappers (e.g. frost) or PWAs.

    On a desktop you can always just use the web version, bonus points if you auto clear cookies or have a separate profile.

    Edit: if you already have a spare then that might work better than profiles.

    • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think that a spare device with disabled GPS and maybe even disabled microphone (can i do that?) would work best. Some of the features on Instagram can’t be accessed on a browser