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Absolutely the same here. WhatsApp is a nightmare to use without contacts, but I don't care, they are not having my contacts.
by cmsj 4y ago
Absolutely the same here. WhatsApp is a nightmare to use without contacts, but I don't care, they are not having my contacts.
- Nextgrid 4y agoFacebook wouldn't have paid billions for just a messaging app. What they really paid for is people's social graphs.
- resoluteteeth 4y agoI'm sure they are making money off of any data they can, but their actual strategy was pretty clearly buying potential competitors to ensure the company continued to dominate the market even if the facebook site began to lose users: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/08/ftc-alleges-facebook-resorted-illegal-buy-or-bury-scheme-crush-competition-after-string-failed https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/08/...
- perryizgr8 4y agoTo be fair, whatsapp is a messaging app. Almost everybody who uses it, gives it contacts access, because it is absolutely required for that core functionality. It would be horrible to use if I couldn't search my contacts within the app. Or of incoming messages didn't get tagged based on my contacts.