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by rootusrootus 1129 days ago
I find it fascinating that Europeans are so enamored with Facebook that they choose it over Apple. I don't expect this attitude to become normal in the US anytime soon, if ever. The FB brand is becoming toxic.
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TeaBrain 1128 days ago
Many may have already been users before the acquisition by Facebook. There were apparently over 400 million active users prior to the acquisition.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140412064444/http://blog.whats...

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RestlessMind 1129 days ago
1. People care about money a lot more than about privacy. That leads to avoiding SMS / iPhone in a lot of countries.

2. WhatsApp is intentionally kept as a separate brand. Half of its users wouldn't even know that it's owned by FB.

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