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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by breiti on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:27PM (#25795137)
Just a few tweet below in that thread:

> Telegram is owned by Google if not mistaken!?

sigh.

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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by joshxyz on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:31PM (#25795182)
To be fair i grew up thinking bill gates owned skype
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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by filoleg on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:42PM (#25795331)
Your belief about Skype being owned by Bill Gates is kinda factually true. Not necessarily Bill Gates himself, but Microsoft acquired Skype back in 2011.
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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by brewdad on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:44PM (#25795354)
Microsoft does own Skype now, so in a way he does.
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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by raarts on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:40PM (#25795297)
That might have been true depending on your age.
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