Re:WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
by ramraj07 on Monday January 25, 2021 @03:40AM
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It's actually possible the real drop in users (or usage) might be more. Facebook took the front page (the whole effing page) of every news paper in India last week to alleviate fears. It's only comparable to DDG articles if Google also similarly had to put ads about how Google respects privacy because of an Exodus.
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Re:WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
by hliyan on Monday January 25, 2021 @03:50AM
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Sri Lankan here (that island under India). You would assume that this would go right over our heads, but a lot of people here are concerned and when I finally installed Signal, I noticed many people already there. Some of them, I never expected to see outside of WhatsApp or Viber.
Re:WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
by tweetle_beetle on Monday January 25, 2021 @03:46AM
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That sounds pretty desperate. Is there a precedent for companies communicating like this in India?
Re:WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
by dartharva on Monday January 25, 2021 @04:50AM
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Facebook was already pushing out long video ads on Indian TV, even before this fiasco. Indian consumers are seemingly more valuable; there are a significant number of users who use WhatsApp for business (customer support & sales). WhatsApp has also started a mobile payments platform in the country.
Re:WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
by umanghere on Monday January 25, 2021 @04:27AM
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They (Facebook) have done this before too. I recall that they bought full-page ads in all major newspapers to promote their "Free Basics" initiative.
There are also other examples, but I consider this level of advertising by them to be very desperate.