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A comment on WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app.

Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by JadoJodo on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @08:59PM (#25666297)
I was a loyal (and paying) WhatsApp user who would advocate it to anyone I could find. The combination of privacy, features, and ideology was exactly what I wanted in a communication app. Then Facebook bought them for $19B and I knew that, despite any allusions to the contrary, they would want that money back. And you don't get it $5/yr/user.

I switched to Telegram and never looked back.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by cabamba on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:15AM (#25667835)
Either you pay to a service or the service trades you as an asset. Telegram is no exception. You are fooling yourself thinking that you escaped the trap.
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