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Re:WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update by kelnos on Monday January 25, 2021 @01:53AM (#25900131)
> The thing is: users are not loyal at all. Telegram or Signal or others are a click or two away: it's neither hard to find/install nor to use.

Users aren't loyal, true, and installing another app is easy, but getting your friends and family to switch often is not.

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Re:WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update by pilif on Monday January 25, 2021 @02:27AM (#25900355)
the ToS hubbub going through mainstream media has made it much easier to get people to switch though.

In my case, I was one of those people really not wanting to use WhatsApp but being forced by group pressure.

But now that I can even just vaguely reference the ToS issue with WhatsApp, I find people are willing to at least try and install Signal.

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