My friends & relatives in India are outright offended when I say that I don't use WhatsApp and so I cannot join their groups. Businesses here have started usin

My friends & relatives in India are outright offended when I say that I don't use WhatsApp and so I cannot join their groups. Businesses here have started using WhatsApp as an alternative to SMS, email for sending spam to important package tracking information (without prior permission). But I see this as the best opportunity to convert some of my contacts to Signal/Email as this stays in mainstream news for a while(but quite sure that almost all of them have clicked 'Agree' to T&C banner showed on WhatsApp when they woke up morning without giving it a thought and I'm certain that's exactly what FB intended). I do not know whether to feel fear, sadness or shame on the type of power WhatsApp/Facebook holds only my people.