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> WhatsApp makes voice and video calls. How does it affect me that it's part of FB? How is my life improved if its not? Another voice/video app will somehow thr
by eitland 6y ago
> WhatsApp makes voice and video calls. How does it affect me that it's part of FB? How is my life improved if its not? Another voice/video app will somehow thrive?
WhatsApp used to have strong guarantees against tracking (and ads) as long as they were independent.
They were wildly profitable and was my favorite messaging service until Facebook bought them.
Now I reluctantly use Telegram, but I'd much rather have something like WhatsApp back were I can pay real money for the service instead of paying with my metadata.