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nixCraft 🐧 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 WhatsApp was created due to Apple and Google's lack of consistency and focus on their own messaging apps instead of working on standards. So now, everyone is at the mercy of one of the worst privacy offenders.
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a6b2279f | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @425a31b8 

> one of the worst privacy offenders

That’s silly.
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The Matrix.org Foundation | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @425a31b8 Somebody said standards?
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0c7a84c0 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @425a31b8 oh we have signal? But not good enough to switch. If it was people would have made a switch.
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70a6d8be | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @425a31b8 no one needs WhatsApp. Signal and telegram are an improvement over WhatsApp. Getting enough people to switch would take a coordinated educational/outreach campaign, which is not something that people are apt to do unfortunately.
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twoframesperminute | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @425a31b8 Created? No. Popularized? Maybe. Signal and Telegram fit your description better. Note that WhatsApp wasn't created by Meta, but bought.