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No one has ever heard of Signal anywhere, that's the point. It's not like it's very common elsewhere either.

No one had ever heard of WhatsApp once. But now billions of people use it, why?

I mentioned the new WhatsApp TOS to my tech and non-tech friends and I've managed to move all of those I've talked about it, or at least have them install it and get it set up. I still have to find a convincing argument for the least tech oriented people I know, but moving a billion people over to another app is done like that, one friend at a time.



What are the issues with the new TOS? I heard merging data with facebook but couldn’t find a clear summary in the other HN threads.

I don’t really use whatsapp now but I have a lot of convo history there. And I also use FB messenger/instagram dm’s, but not for important chats.

In that context, is keeping whatsapp for the old message history basically fine? I wouldn’t use it for a new important chat going forward.




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