WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app

Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by qalmakka on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:14PM (#25664853)

I managed to get almost everyone I know on Telegram in the last few years, to the point I get a WhatsApp message less than once a week. On the other hand, I usually hundreds of messages daily on Telegram. It's not hard if there's already interest among the people you talk with and you find the right way to get them on board.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by cabamba on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:28PM (#25667278)

Don't you think that Telegram has the same monetization problems (it burns "a few hundred million dollars a year" while the owner left Russia with $300m in his bank account a few years ago) and they already announced their monetization plans https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/23/telegram-to-launch-an-ad-p... Where would you move next?

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by SpaceRaccoon on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:08AM (#25668535)

What's wrong with their monetization plans?

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by Quiark on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @09:13PM (#25666419)

And that is an improvement over WhatsApp when Telegram doesn't even encrypt group chats?

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