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by murukesh_s 3086 days ago
That can also have a downside. For e.g. younger crowd were migrating from WhatsApp because they already have their parents or older relatives there, making a privacy issue and also making it less exclusive.

And if you have full contact access, they you really don't loose much network, except the groups. Ya but it does need a strong motivation for a switch to happen immediately (With hotmail it was ofcourse the lack of usernames for new users + the 1GB tier in gmail). With WhatsApp there is no strong motivation but perhaps a slower shift due to fatigue/privacy mentioned above.