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I wonder if it's really lost users, or conversations. The article only cites download numbers declining in the various app stores. Lots of people seem to have
by dmurray 6y ago
I wonder if it's really lost users, or conversations. The article only cites download numbers declining in the various app stores.
Lots of people seem to have downloaded Signal or Telegram, but how many deleted WhatsApp? I don't plan on deleting it and I'm going to approve the new T&C or whatever it is, but I'm quite happy to migrate to Signal for my contacts who use both.
Presumably losing x% of conversations is just as bad as losing x% of monthly users for Facebook, so maybe this is moot, but it's still lazy journalism.
- bla3 6y agoIf we're doing anecdotes, I deleted my account after all my contacts moved to signal.
- davchana 6y agoCall it toc insensitivity, or habit of last 20 years, but as soon as I saw that new TOC when I opened whatsapp about 20 days ago, I didn't even look at the button text, just clicked it as soon I read app.. of Approve. Wonders of auto pilot brain.
- bassman9000 6y agoI instructed my family how to do it today, both deleting account, and deleting the app. They'll go and tell the people in their groups, which in turn they'll tell theirs. By this point they all have signal and/or telegram, and they've set it up themselves, parents included. Again, they are spreaders. It's not like whatsapp is disappearing. But you can bet they're losing millions of accounts.