WhatsApp's rise and recent PR efforts highlight a class of business models that I call "user domestication".

As Seirdy notes:

It just keeps getting more relevant. WhatsApp, GitHub, Twitter, Reddit…each disaster worse than the last. The companies in charge know that the users will just take it after having their autonomy taken first.

  • mr_strangeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m in the UK, and I use Telegram. It’s far superior to WhatsApp, and has somewhat better ethics (for now).

    • Schedar@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Telegram doesn’t use end to end encryption by default.

      I use Signal and Matrix and what have you but in the end if I want to be able to join in with communications with family and friends beyond a few specific people I need to use WhatsApp.