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Re:Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp User... by ryandrake on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @12:20PM (#12590757)
What did we all do in the past without those CRITICAL messaging services? Did people simply not communicate before IM apps were invented?
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Re:Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp User... by kuschku on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @07:06PM (#12594040)
Things just took a few hours longer, making planning a party a thing of days or weeks.

With whatsapp, I can plan a birthday party in 20 minutes, on the same day as the birthday, while also ensuring everyone who couldn’t answer a call got the message.

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