I got rid of all apps in my phone that were ran through Meta. It was really hard for the first few weeks because like you said, it’s habit, but now I don’t miss them at all.
For anyone thinking about doing this, I found it FAR easier to start by turning off all notifications on the meta apps, banners, emails, everything. Move the apps to the last icon position or remove the icons entirely. In no time you'll stop checking it randomly and you'll just hear "I sent you something, have you seen it" and you find yourself saying "I don't really use that app" back to them, and that's when it'll be easy peasy to delete your account.
My church uses WhatsApp to send out notifications about youth activities, cause text groups are limited in size, so there’s literally no way to avoid WhatsApp messages for me too. I just only turn on the notifications for that 1 group and ignore the rest. I barely check the messages a couple times a year now. It gets ppl mad cause they think I’m intentionally ignoring them only. Don’t get your pants twisted, dude. 🧐
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u/mmwhatchasaiyan 2d ago
I got rid of all apps in my phone that were ran through Meta. It was really hard for the first few weeks because like you said, it’s habit, but now I don’t miss them at all.