Article 3MHJN I'm angry at Facebook – but I'm also addicted. How do I break free?

I'm angry at Facebook – but I'm also addicted. How do I break free?

by
Emma Brockes
from Technology | The Guardian on (#3MHJN)

Like you, I have no idea how to wean myself off the platform, but acknowledgement is the first step to recovery

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I am too far in to leave Facebook, but I want to register my disapproval of the company after their part in the data leak to Cambridge Analytica. What should I do?

Ah, the urge to punish without denying yourself pleasure, if that's what using Facebook can even be called at this point. But I understand your quandary: officially, I "hate" Facebook, the way I hate Amazon (which I still use) and hate my local supermarket for charging $7 for a loaf of bread because it's another 10 blocks before you get to Trader Joe's. But I still use them, too.

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