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Most people migrated to WhatsApp because it was free, not because it was more secure and private, for a long time it wasn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep
by j3th9n 6y ago
Most people migrated to WhatsApp because it was free, not because it was more secure and private, for a long time it wasn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reception_and_criticism_of_WhatsApp_security_and_privacy_features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reception_and_criticism_of_Wha...
- rimeice 6y ago"A lot of people" is a bit different to "most people". SMS is free in the same sense that Whatsapp is free and you need a phone contract to use either when you're not in a wifi network. In fact there was a period where adding 3G to your phone contract was noticeably more expensive. Regardless, my point is that there is a logical path that some people will take to move to more private options. I'm doing exactly what I described in my comment, a bunch of my friends are doing it and I don't think we're that exceptional.
- j45 6y agoI remember people installing WhatsApp because it was the easiest inter device chat other than sms. It was BBM for the masses.