Düber
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I am in a dilemma about ditching WhatsApp or not.
I have installed both Signal and Telegram and like them both, but only about 60% of the people I need to deal with are on either of them. The other problem are the groups.
On the other hand I have avoided Facebook, using throwaway accounts and email should I need to access it for any reason. It is feeling to me like Whatsapp is leading me down the garden path with a "accept this" every now and then, with an ever increasing grip over things.
I am certainly not so naive to think that you can be completely anonymous and untracked when you use a phone or the internet. In this age you have to trust somebody, whether it be Apple or Google or Samsung etc.
I also get that things need to be paid for and developing an App/platform and providing the infrastructure is not cheap and has to be funded somehow.
It just seems to me that WhatsApp/Facebook is going about it the wrong way.
I have installed both Signal and Telegram and like them both, but only about 60% of the people I need to deal with are on either of them. The other problem are the groups.
On the other hand I have avoided Facebook, using throwaway accounts and email should I need to access it for any reason. It is feeling to me like Whatsapp is leading me down the garden path with a "accept this" every now and then, with an ever increasing grip over things.
I am certainly not so naive to think that you can be completely anonymous and untracked when you use a phone or the internet. In this age you have to trust somebody, whether it be Apple or Google or Samsung etc.
I also get that things need to be paid for and developing an App/platform and providing the infrastructure is not cheap and has to be funded somehow.
It just seems to me that WhatsApp/Facebook is going about it the wrong way.