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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by djhn on Saturday April 03, 2021 @06:30PM (#26685325)
As a counterpoint I can think of dozens of personal acquaintances who are happily non-users and never interact with Facebook properties (retirees not into tech, busy executives, to cool for Facebook hipsters). If your country or social circle doesn't use WhatsApp, Facebook itself is already dying and Instagram is getting their lunch eaten by Tiktok.
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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by ZephyrBlu on Saturday April 03, 2021 @07:20PM (#26685612)
FBs revenue growth doesn't agree with this perspective: https://twitter.com/JonErlichman/status/1354536238104064005
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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by djhn on Sunday April 04, 2021 @06:10AM (#26688180)
That is a very good point. But usually changes in revenue trail changes in adoption and/or engagement. Both when growing, and when slowing down.
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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by Clewza313 on Saturday April 03, 2021 @07:49PM (#26685777)
> If your country or social circle doesn't use WhatsApp

Aside from China, Japan and Korea, do such countries exist?

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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by viraptor on Saturday April 03, 2021 @08:24PM (#26685943)
The US is also pretty heavy on iMessage usage and FB messenger still dominates WhatsApp.
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