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It doesn't exactly go both ways, if Meta puts WhatsApp into their own app store, as a european user you might be very well bullied into allowing even more Meta
by bcye 3y ago
It doesn't exactly go both ways, if Meta puts WhatsApp into their own app store, as a european user you might be very well bullied into allowing even more Meta spyware onto your device.
If a developer has such a significant user base you don't have a choice. Same with banking apps: If there are no alternatives that allow you to not use a platform (in this case iOS/Android) you are bullied as you have no choice to not do business with them.
- sensanaty 3y agoMost of my EU friends would absolutely never install a separate Meta store to install WhatsApp, they'd just switch to Signal or Telegram, which lots and lots of people have been doing of late. I mean, there's nothing stopping Zucc from doing this right now on android, yet they don't.
- bcye 3y agoIm not so sure, with enough incentive (in terms of exclusive features) and a slow roll-out (i.e. WhatsApp continues to exist on existing stores) it might very well happen.