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Daily Discussion Thread: 🦥 Fri 19 Apr 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Gaah, meta have added AI into WhatsApp.... When did that happen?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Ugh. We started using it for work during the lockdowns, but now it's only used for odd rare work messaging. Might see if I can get the boss to knock it on the head.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Peeved is the mildest word I can use.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I am currently fuming about this too. I don't even have auto update enabled on my apps so how did it happen? Turns out WhatsApp apparently can roll out server-side updates at any time??? And there's no way to opt out of this stupid update either.

I can't not use it either as it's the only way I can stay in touch with most of my relatives, I can't get them to switch to Telegram or Signal...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Same boat.

Edit.. Apparently there's a toggle switch coming in a future update

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

The irritating thing is that apparently the toggle switch was already there all this while. I really hope there's enough backlash to force meta to reintroduce it because this is total bs. The server side updates are really not cool either :/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can anyone explain what the issue is, it's just an optional button no?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Well, for me I don't trust meta. And yes I know WhatsApp is meta, but I'm sort of locked into it on account of almost everyone I am in contact with using it. Just don't like the idea of meta based AI possibly using my messages for learning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

ffs need to get my mates off whatsapp. its the last meta app I cant ditch.