Have I been paying the enemy?

Okay maybe I exaggerated a little with the title but it was a thought that came to me during a conversation with my cousin on WhatsApp. I was telling him how I intend to stop using centralised platforms for good in the long run and he thinks it's impossible. I then pointed at how I left Facebook and Instagram, and he said they're different but are they?

In light of WhatsApp's constant breach of my privacy, which I knew anyway, even if they didn't rub it in our faces with their policies they publish, I think my time on the app is slowly coming to an end.

I intend to temporarily move my activities to Telegram for the main time since it is kind of popular and also just uses phone numbers for chats.

I want my share

In pretty much the same way I felt about Facebook and being too easy to find, I find myself gravitating towards the same vibe with WhatsApp.

I generally don't enjoy using the software anymore and the only reason I even use it is because of @wolfofnostreet and my family members, which I could do with Telegram.

How I see it, using Whatsapp and generally any centralised platforms is enriching only the owners. I have nothing against them and don't want to take their money, I'm just more interested in getting my own piece of the pie.

This is why the future plans will be to delete me from Twitter, WhatsApp and later on, Google.

Google will of course be the hardest to dissociate from because they have me and billions of Android users by the balls. However, in due time, all will be sorted out.

The end game will be to move all my activities to Hive and other blockchain-based projects that give me part of the profit. Peakd has added the chat feature and while it is still a bit laggy, it is a step in the right direction. All I know is that I've been championing Decentralisation for so long, now it's time to put my mouth where my money is.

Have I been paying the enemy?

I want my share

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