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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by red_trumpet on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:04AM (#28756303)
If you regulate WhatsApp so that it has to be interoperable with other IM systems (similarly to how email or matrix work), then not everyone has to be dependent on WhatsApp.
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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by KptMarchewa on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @07:53AM (#28758142)
>(similarly to how email or matrix work)

Or phone calls. There are tons of telcos and they are interoperable.

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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by kawera on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @10:16AM (#28759786)
Exactly, protocols over platforms.
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