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Re:US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case by edg5000 on Thursday October 10, 2024 @12:31AM (#41795530)
WhatsApp is huge in the EU, we don't really text much here; I'm guessing you are from the US. Meta has full access to that.
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Re:US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case by d3VwsX on Thursday October 10, 2024 @10:18AM (#41799092)
Depends on what part of EU you are in. From older HN threads I learned that in some countries people still pay for sending text messages, so I guess that makes it more likely that some app can become popular there.
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Re:US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case by sitkack on Thursday October 10, 2024 @11:39AM (#41800003)
WhatsApp also demands full access to your address book, this means that Meta has a nearly global FoaF graph for anyone that has ever installed WhatsApp.
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