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@atomicpoet Weirdly, declaring that you don’t use WhatsApp — while being a principled argument against Meta — is unfortunately at the same time very much a privileged North American position. In India and Asia in particular, not using WhatsApp is tantamount to “I don’t want to talk to anyone or do any business.” There /is no other option/. (Even here in the US, many Asian communities are WhatsApp exclusive. It’s either use it or don’t participate in the community.) 4 comments
@atomicpoet I’d argue most WhatsApp users in Asia are not true believers. It’s purely network effects. WhatsApp got a toehold when other messaging services were too expensive, and switching costs are astronomical. You can argue (or not argue) to your heart’s content, but short of WhatsApp going down hard for days (or out of business), no one there is going to switch.  @janakj I’m not talking about true believers in WhatsApp. I’m talking about true believers in Matrix/Signal/XMPP/etc. I’m not interested in arguing. |
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@janakj The reason I say nobody wants to hear a spiel is because nobody wants to hear a spiel. Except, of course, here—where people are true believers.