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Re:700M users and Premium by gruez on Monday June 20, 2022 @10:00AM (#31810443)
>Majority of people I talk to are Messenger, [...]

>The issue is, I have only 3 chats happening in WhatsApp in the last 2 years that are non-business chats. And all 3 have had conversations resulting in advertising.

you realize that Messenger is owned by facebook? I find it baffling that you think the leak must be from whatsapp, when in reality both Messenger and whatsapp are both owned by facebook.

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Re:700M users and Premium by philliphaydon on Monday June 20, 2022 @11:40AM (#31811635)
Jezzz I wish I could throw up a facepalm emoji…

My point is because everyone I know uses other messaging apps, not what’s app. My sample size is very small because I’m not having daily conversations on what’s app. Conversations are happening in other apps.

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