Can’t one just block themselves from Facebook and Twitter if they never log in to Facebook or Twitter?
Why do these people need help blocking themselves from those apps?
People do not realize that big tech (Facebook, etc.) is putting trackers on your computer and not just by going to thier site. Brave browser blocks those trackers.
“Can’t one just block themselves from Facebook and Twitter if they never log in to Facebook or Twitter?”
Nope. They still gather telemetry from you when you view images and content linked from Facebook, Twitter, et al.
If you use a webfilter or firewall you can explicitly block them and you can also block the firewall ports that carry the telemetry data. I used to block known IP ranges but they rotate so fast it’s hard to keep up. Easier just to lock down all of the data that goes in and out of your computer.
For a novice I’d recommend using Brave with AdBlock Plus to mitigate the monitoring.
Blocking at the ISP level means any and all signal data to those companies would be blocked. You may not like it, but FB and Twitter have plugins and APIs all over the web that send data back to them. Blocking by the ISP means they lose out on possible revenue streams, among other things.
Reading articles is hard!
Facebook and Twitter also have apps pre-loaded onto Android and Google phones (and probably iphones?), you can't delete them, so they are tracking you even if you never go to their sites
Because people are weak. Ask conservatives who keep tuning into the NFL. If it’s there, they’ll continue to visit it.