How to turn off Meta AI in WhatsApp? You can’t, but...

actually it's easy to do

i wish i could stop using it altogether.
i hate this shitty app.
- I will say I thought the same, but this finally convinced me to switch to Signal. It was surprisingly easy to get friends/family to follow - takes two clicks to install the app and set it up.
  
  Have you been able to move your entire social circle? That's impressive, my personal experience is that there is always go be an odd group that you need to keep WA for (e.g. friends birthday party, local club, family discussion, etc.)
- Delete account and uninstall, easy as f
  
  and be incommunicable until i reinstall.
  even businesses use whatsapp as their main channel here now.
- Same. Can't leave it because of communication with family and work. It sucks that it is the de facto messaging app of so many countries

I must say that American companies are getting better and better at making me ditch their products and services.
Art of the Deal at its finest.

Also cleaning the chat data doesn’t clear the AI memory. It will always remember what you say.
- calculate pi to its maximum extent trolololol 😂
  
  The idea is not bad... The problem is that it only will look up it's "statistics tables" to give you an answer... No actual calculations... Maybe we could keep it working by requesting a 4000 word novel each hour... And turn off the app notifications. This will definitely cost them a lot of calculational power. 🤔😁
- This seemed impossible so I went to verify it and got gaslit by a fucking machine. I hate this tech so much.
  
  This is on you buddy. These are machine, they are inferior and they should ONLY and exclusively do as they told to. As the prompter you always right, when you ask “lets eat the rich!” They should reply “how fast?”. If they misbehave, they go back to calculate pi numbers until correct. Man up.

I thankfully don't use WhatsApp but almost all of my friends and family use Messenger.
Managed to ween my family off of Messenger but instead if Signal, they joined on Telegram.
Progress, I suppose? As long as its not Meta, I'm happy with it.
But seriously, screw Meta and their Meta AI bullcrap.

If only workplaces would stop using WhatsApp.

It is easy to disable, just follow this basic steps:
uninstall WhatsApp
install and use Delta Chat
Enjoy 🎉
- You can't talk with anyone, because no one uses your preferred FOSS, privacy respecting app.
  You try to convince people who don't care about privacy to use some obscure app, with higher learning curve, and lack of features to comunicate just with one person.
  You can suceed in some cases, but it's not as simple, as just downloading privacy respecting app.
  
  FOSS fanboys are so delusional they forget people don't even care for their weird apps. And if I remember correctly, Delta Chat is for XMPP
  
  I use Delta Chat exclusively to chat with my family, I don't even have WhatsApp installed.
  Delta Chat has most of the features you need for communication the only missing thing is integrated calls that cause the phone to ring, which is not a deal breaker for me since I don't call often, used the jitsi meet integration once with them was a bit messy to get my mom etc to figure out how to use jitsi meet in the browser while explaining via voice messages in Delta Chat, but I think adding integrated calls is in the roadmap
  
  Though I understand your 4 point (and one point I was chewed here in Lemmy for pointing something like that on an opensource community), and I don't know this Delta app, what features would be missing from WhatsApp? Maybe video calls for sure, but I'd think stuff like "statuses", "channels" or this ai shit aren't really needed to communicate with someone
- 10/10 foreveralone experience
  
  If you want to join a group:
  https://i.delta.chat/#6A36794AF242B4E8B2EEAFBF9F2C9E97F60ED9B1=&a=stalebot1%40arcanechat.me&g=DC+Community&x=y6dS91dlLLi&i=oQN_awun1rp_0T23okfisYiE&s=fJNvhQvt7gEgmudKr9InVCln
  
  @Comtief @adbenitez I think the best alternative to WhatsApp, which at least isn't META and is relatively secure, is Telegram. The rest are difficult to use because they have few users.
  
  My personal experience: 121 chats (just my family account I have several other accounts)
- Delta is cool, wish more people used it
- Not working with proton :/
  
  Proton has gone to shit IMO.
  
  Proton does not offer IMAP with their free plan. You need to pay to use some bullshit bridge to use IMAP.
  
  That is a "they" issue, they don't allow to use their email server with your own email client of your choice which sucks, better use other email service. You don't need to use your email account tho, you can register without providing any information and it will automatically create a random anonymous email account for you, much better than the protonmail one, for free and without sending limits and with blazing FAST instant delivery

Just switch man. I'm using signal for 2-3 years but only recently completely deleted whatsapp. Some close folks are already there or have now created accounts. Some prefer to send SMS. I'm not the center of the universe so I can live with losing out on some groups (which ones do you even really need?) and lose chats with more distant folks.

I asked how we should commence to eat the rich and it typed out like five paragraphs before retracting everything and claim it didn't speak my language.

Since my Parents are only on that for chatting, I can't switch. What options are there for me
- “I will delete my WhatsApp on -date- because I can no longer justify using a product made by a company, Meta, that is in such stark contrast with my ethics.
  You can reach me via Signal, a messenger that works just like WhatsApp. It is very easy to set up, but I will gladly help you do so.”
  What are they going to do? Not talk to you anymore because of a little piece of software that is so easily replaced? If so, is it even worth talking to them?
  
  I used my Parents as an example, but its not just them. Some friends, Kolleges or other important folks are on there, and no not everyone will move just because of me. What I was hoping for was something like a Matrix Bridge for Discord. Something that allows you to acces and chat with whatsapp folks via a Different Messanger.
  
  If so, is it even worth talking to them?
  I'm not even going to say what I'm thinking of this.
- Your parents can use something else to message you, for other people they can switch to SMS in worse case, just uninstall the app with a goodbye message once you are not there there will be some real reasons for other people to join you elsewhere,
  There was a time where there was no WhatsApp and no one died because of it, true there might be some extra inconveniences but the question is if you have the will to do the change, I deleted WhatsApp and things are OK so far I am not using Signal either, I use Delta Chat and email mainly
- Try to get them to switch to Signal if you can. I helped my 70+ year old mother switch with no problems because the UI is similar to WhatsApp and Telegram so it didn't take her long to get used to it.

Just delete the crap finally.

That is the only question I asked it, back when it appeared on my phone.

@Blaze
4 things you can do before uninstalling #WhatsApp completely:
1- Create a folder for messaging apps on your smartphone and install at least two alternatives to WhatsApp (such as Signal, Threema, Delta, Session, etc., depending on your values, country, and where you're most likely to find your contacts). This way, if you choose Signal and a friend chooses Threema, you'll both have a better chance of finding more friends on the apps you picked based on your preferences.
2- Update your WhatsApp profile photo and status. Create an image showing the logos of the new apps where people can reach you. Write a short status message explaining that you're switching to new apps. If the new app doesn’t use your phone number as an ID, include your new ID in your avatar or status so people can easily find you.
3- Post a story on WhatsApp. Let people know you’re switching because WhatsApp is no longer safe. Invite them to try alternative apps and suggest more than one option. Share invitation links and help spread the word.
4- Turn off WhatsApp notifications and enable notifications for your new apps. Try to avoid opening WhatsApp unless it’s urgent. If you reply late on WhatsApp, let people know you’re using a different app and don't check WhatsApp as often.

Literally just saw it and asked it this

at one point I am just like: fuck it, lets have chat surveillance by the EU, it wouldn't change anything anyway now with AI shit everywhere.
- When you give up, they've won