I abandoned WhatsApp for Discord after meta got its greedy hooks into it. Do they think people won’t just make a new account elsewhere and move on? Millennials have done it every two years ever since MySpace imploded after Fox News’ Rupert Murdoch bought it. We have been conditioned to let our accounts go.

(Also text messaging, group chats, phone calls, and video calls are things that come standard on smartphones without need of an app. Texting stupid memes to everyone I know has never been easier. Maybe it’s my age, but everyone I regularly talk to on discord is also in my phone. Oh noes, I’ll have to “text” instead of “chat.” The horror.)

By changing the framing. Ask about how he’ll feel when (not if) a bad actor gets his info? Steals his identity? Opens a credit card. Takes out a loan. Tanks his credit. His info is all right there conveniently compiled by unknown entities and data gets breached all the time. Enter his info into a website like https://haveibeenpwned.com/ and show him just how many times his data has already been compromised without his knowledge. Point out data security isn’t JUST about privacy it’s about DATA SAFETY.