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Instagram is testing new iOS push notifications that include a profile photo. Each time the notification is shown on your screen, it triggers a GET request to fetch that image, letting Meta track ever (mastodon.social)

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[–] DrWorm@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Stop using the native app. Use the web app.

If you want to stop being addicted to Facebook or instagram, this is an effective way to do it. The web apps suck so much, it takes away all the “fun”

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I was addicted to scrolling instagram and would go for hours on end, it was pretty bad. I still wanted to have access just to keep up on a couple accounts I care about but I didn’t want to be doom scrolling, so I removed the app from my home screen and replaced it with my lemmy client so anytime I would instinctively open it without thinking I’d open lemmy instead, which I find less addicting. I still doom scroll a little but not nearly as bad.

I’ll eventually be deleting all social media but there’s a couple people I only have on instagram or facebook messenger who I don’t want to lose contact with. But for anyone struggling with just auto opening an app and doom scrolling without thinking, maybe remove the icon from your home screen and replace it with something less addicting.

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

For a while I used the web app because it was actually better - fewer ads and consistent UI. Not anymore.