@mima I feel like everyone's just handling this really badly.
Developers just can't be bothered to be GDPR/PDPA compliant because it takes effort
Users (like OP) being in bad faith against the developers and thinking they don't care about privacy (they do but don't have time)
Fediverse's strongest point, decentralization, is a weakness. Once you post something, someone somewhere will be hoarding data for future reference or out of neglect. General rule of the internet: Once something's on the internet, it stays on the internet.