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Are there any fellow teens that have de-Googled and removed all social media? (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago by clark@midwest.social to c/chat@beehaw.org
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Hello.

I am part of the younger side of Lemmy, and I wonder if there are any teens or otherwise young people that have de-Googled and/or removed all social media.

I notice, that everybody around me in real life uses Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, what have you… hundreds of notifications and messages from other people… and I cannot really relate. I deleted Instagram for my mental health, as some posts were greatly affecting my self-esteem. If somebody were to ask me for my social media, I’d probably just give them my number.

I don’t really know a lot of people around me that have this interest of online privacy (let alone people my age). So, will the (young) users of Lemmy enlighten me?

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[–] 257m@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm 15 and I have been trying to degoogle but it's hard. The school insists you use Google services. You need to use a locked down Chromebook and use Google Classroom. Google Slides or whatever. If you want to access your school email you need to use Gmail and the services that are not provided by Google you need Microsoft for such E-learning classes. They don't use any FOSS whatsoever.

[–] clark@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It sucks to be limited this way. My school is all about Microsoft, gotta have a Microsoft account, gotta have Office365, gotta have everything Microsoft. Can’t wait until I graduate and they wipe my *school computer.