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People will never opt out from big tech at a large scale. Sure, if I was a hermit or didn't live in The Netherlands I could opt out of WhatsApp. But all group c
by microtonal 3y ago
People will never opt out from big tech at a large scale. Sure, if I was a hermit or didn't live in The Netherlands I could opt out of WhatsApp. But all group communications happen in WhatsApp, eg. school stuff and play dates for our daughter, sport practice/match coordination, etc. To opt out of WhatsApp basically means opting out of a social life.
Once products are so deeply woven into society that it is not possible to lead a normal life without them, they basically become common infrastructure/utilities. The solution is to regulate privacy requirements (like eg. the GDPR does) and pricing (where applicable).
- amelius 3y agoBut is WhatsApp really a social media platform like the others? I think of it more as a (group) messaging app. It is not shoving any unsolicited content in my face, so I think it plays fairly nicely. If this were to change, I think there will be huge complaints and people would move elsewhere.