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You're looking for counter-arguments for Solipsism.

Wikipedia's definition:

Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's mind is sure to exist.

Further reading: Solipsism and the Problem of Other Minds

Thread with some counter-arguments: https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/89321/what-are-the-best-arguments-against-solipsism

The one I personally chose for myself is the pragmatic one: Believing reality is a fantasy doesn't actually changes your experience of it.

Edit: Broken links.

I'll admit I don't get it...

After that, you just start anticipating this feeling and unlock social anxiety.

Probably. I haven't tried that, but I should.

The learning curve there might be too challenging if not familiar with certain concepts beforehand...

It's not that hard to achieve a working system with Arch, so not bad as a Linux 101.

That's right. It's a great recommendation for learning about Linux.

For anyone who needs something that just works, there's a lot better options.

En español deberían decir estadounidenses, que es el gentilicio que tienen en este idioma.

En inglés es batalla perdida.

Mexico is also in North America though, not in Central America.

LATAM are usually pissy about the term "Americans" because the "geographical division" colloquially seem to be more of a third vs. first world division rather than a geographical division.

You can see how people from LATAM usually call themselves "americanos" to include everyone from The Americas, but Canada and USA think "North America" doesn't include Mexico.

When referring to the entire continent, I've heard "The Americas" in English.

Just a reminder: Central America is another division of the American continent.

~~There's also United States of Brazil~~.

But you've got "Mexican" and "Brazilian" for both of those countries that include United States in their proper names.

I'd continue to say "United statean" in Spanish because that's an accepted name in the Spanish language. There's no confusion to what country you're referring to.

But in English it is a lost battle. If you mean to include people from the entire continent, you'd have to say "American, as in the continent".

Edit: The current official name of Brazil is Federative Republic of Brazil.

True in the sense that Telegram is not a real privacy-respecting alternative. So, it's a good thing to point out.

My reasons for leaving Meta are more anti-Meta than anything else. For those who have succeeded at using something really private, my respects. I just not had any good alternative without being cut off society.

If I thought there was no difference between Telegram and WhatsApp, I'd have kept using WhatsApp. But yeah, it's not good option anyway. Just good-enough compromise for me to leave Meta.

I just strongly disagree that people don't have a choice.

Just to give the full context regarding my opinion: I do live in an EU country in which WhatsApp is the default messaging app and Instagram is where people my age and younger use to keep in touch with their social circle.

It's been how you've said. A lot of people I cannot easily reach out. I've managed not to be completely isolated through Telegram.

People I'm really close to me have been kind enough to meet me there. Even some collegues from my previous work. Every time I've gone out with them, we've talked there.

Now I'm in very few family/friends chat groups (the ones I'm in, I actually care about). There's less distractions and notifications. So at least that have been an advantage.

Edit 1: Some typos and grammar mistakes.

Edit 2: Also, I can't say there's no ocasional friction regarding not using Meta. As you said, I'd be amazing if they had interoperability with other messaging services without tracking me. Things would be a lot easier for me.

Ok, so I should use Meta services anyway guilty-free?

I'm not claiming I'm not being tracked. But in theory, the GDPR should have made that illegal (to my understading) as I'm in the EU.

If the law is just paper anyway, then what's the point of the discussion?