> But you better get all the backlash at the same time, than several time a backlash. I'm not sure. Bad publicity has a critical point after which people leave

> But you better get all the backlash at the same time, than several time a backlash. I'm not sure. Bad publicity has a critical point after which people leave and move to other services. When people who weren't concerned about privacy before began to have conversations about whether Telegram or Signal is a better replacement to WhatsApp, Facebook realized that they have pushed it too far this time. They're much better served if people think "Oh WhatsApp is owned by a shady company but everyone I know uses it so I need to use it to".