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They’ve deeply embedded themselves into my life because of Whatsapp. Life and work are nearly impossible here without Whatsapp.

• biorach 4y ago
  Yeah but how much advertising revenue does WhatsApp bring in?
• brianhorakh 4y ago
  Talk to your friends and family about matrix.org, setup a whatsapp bridge for the laggards.
  • thematrixturtle 4y ago
    Signal is a more realistic compromise.
• Karrot_Kream 4y ago
  So have the telecom companies. We don't need to downlevel the quality of the site because of it.
• pclmulqdq 4y ago
  Whatsapp is really deeply embedded in business in Latin America and it's deeply concerning to me. It was already reading your conversations. At best, it's going to start serving ads soon.
  • takanori 4y ago
    How is WhatsApp embedded in business?
    • pclmulqdq 4y ago
      Businesses literally don't have phone numbers that can text or email addresses, but do have WhatsApp. If there was no WhatsApp, the main form of text communication that they use would be gone.
    • kyawzazaw 4y ago
      You must not live in such a country.
• FullStackAda 4y ago
  EU is pushing for interoperability of messengers apps, so there is a potential of disruption in this area. I am not saying that Whatsapp is toast, I just assume if interoperability is implemented, some companies would be highly motivated to bite into Meta's user base, right when Meta would have to think about some unsexy Whatsapp monetization.
  • adammarples 4y ago
    It's baffling that Google and apple between them don't run messaging. Almost all of the messages are sent from their devices.
    • panick21_ 4y ago
      Them not getting together to just fix this issue universally is stupid. Apple is naturally secretive (and profit from status-quo) and non cooperative and google is just a bunch unplanned running around.