Many businesses, non-profits, and local government offices where I live use Facebook as their primary, or exclusive, online presence. I don’t want to make a Facebook account, but I would like to be able to see some of the content that is posted there; are there any alternative front-ends that won’t abuse me with trackers? So far I’ve only been able to find dead-links that are years old.

e.g. For Reddit there is teddit and libreddit, For youtube there is invidious, twitter has nitter, etc.

  • @michel@lemmy.ml
    5•3 years ago

    I heartily recommend Frost too. one downside: if you want to chat with people in EU and UK, FB limits some features (not sure what) for privacy compliance and such chats don’t show up in Frost

    • @Reaton@lemmy.ml
      4•3 years ago

      Basically, a frontend is just what’s the user of a website will see. The subject here is a website that shows contents from Facebook without sending your informations to it because it doesn’t have trackers.

      • Flannel Bear
        2•3 years ago

        So I take it that frontends just help keep your info from sites you don’t want to have it?

        • @sopuffy@lemmy.ml
          0•3 years ago

          But be careful! If you login via a front-end, the site/app is still getting your data. Even if you’re not logged in, they can probably see your IP (the front-end is still requesting data) and associate that with your account. So use a VPN alongside a front-end, such as Infinity or Frost. I also recall reading privacy policies that handle data not officially connected to an account (logged in?) with more opacity and exploitation…

          I don’t understand the workings of this all, and this is simply my impression without thorough research. I’m fairly sure my points are true, but please feel free to correct me.

          • @sopuffy@lemmy.ml
            1•3 years ago

            *oopsie, listing examples of front-ends after suggesting a VPN is confusing. I recommend ProtonVPN - open-source and audited (a few years ago).