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Re:WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to sh... by GekkePrutser on Monday December 06, 2021 @12:08AM (#29456379)
But are those people still using it?

I saw a lot of those messages too around that time but since then most of them have moved back to WhatsApp as most of their contacts are still there.

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Re:WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to sh... by crossroadsguy on Monday December 06, 2021 @01:22AM (#29456790)
A lot of them left after being frustrated with problems faced while trying to use Signal and failing which trying to help others use Signal.
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Re:WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to sh... by littlestymaar on Monday December 06, 2021 @05:59PM (#29466874)
What does “move back” means? Almost nobody uninstalled Whatsapp (even I use it frequently) or stopped using it. But they have installed Signal and can now be reached this way. My mom uses it to chat with her friends who have it, and use Whatsapp for the rest. I don't know anyone who has actively uninstalled Signal so far, so I use it by default to connect with them. If you compare this to emails, none of my friends ever bothered to create a non gmail address, so I'm stuck with Google reading all my personal communication with nothing I can do. It used to be the same[1] for Whatsapp, but no more. This is a small victory, but a clear victory nonetheless.

[1]: not exactly the same, because AFAIK Whatsapp is E2E encrypted, but Facebook still has access to all the metadata, which are way more that what I want them to have.

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