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Re:Ask HN: How many lives have been negatively affected by W... by rahimnathwani on Monday October 04, 2021 @08:56PM (#28754311)
I've never relied on WhatsApp but if I were still living in China I cannot imagine what I'd do if WeChat suddenly stopped working for several hours.

Sure, you could try to contact people some other way (like a regular phone call) but most people don't even bother exchanging phone numbers any more, so you probably wouldn't even have someone's number unless you have their (paper) business card, or if you met them before 2012.

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Re:Ask HN: How many lives have been negatively affected by W... by jhugo on Monday October 04, 2021 @08:58PM (#28754323)
> if I were still living in China I cannot imagine what I'd do if WeChat suddenly stopped working for several hours

Use QQ, of course! (Except that it probably shares infra with WeChat and would be down as well!)

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