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WA is so deeply ingrained in the Dutch society, we even have this all over the place: [0] At this point it's just a lost cause. I have some friends on Signal a
by teekert 6y ago
WA is so deeply ingrained in the Dutch society, we even have this all over the place: [0]
At this point it's just a lost cause. I have some friends on Signal and use NextCloud talk (my own server, yay, still waiting for federated chat to chat to other servers), but so many "official" things are on WA, children's birthday parties, school announcements, sports related announcements, neighborhood announcements. We are really too dependent on WA, and you know, based on WA's original promises this wouldn't really be a problem. Now it is, although I fear I'm one of the very few that sees it that way.
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- jraby3 6y agoSame here in Israel. Messages from daycare, zoom class info for kids, alerts, are all connected to WhatsApp. There is no way to avoid using it. Wish there was something I could do.
- teekert 6y agoYeah, I do hope the EU (and your government) do(es) something about this, I feel betrayed because WA became dominant here under very different terms and conditions. FB: "Yeah we are just going to buy this platform with a privacy focus that everybody loves and grew dependent on and turn it into FaceBook." I don't even understand how that is legal.