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If it was sufficiently patronizing, users would be offended and WhatsApp would not be popular. Therefore it cannot be as patronizing as you claim.

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That sounds logical in theory but in practice users may use a tool and still loathe it. Their choice to use WhatsApp is partially dependent on their contacts’ choice to use it.

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so if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it.. it didn't make a sound? ;)