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by whyoh 1060 days ago
>This seems like a degredation compared to the current abuse potential which is mostly limited to logging you out.

I think it depends on who you ask. IIRC there was a stat that showed a substantial % of people only use WhatsApp rarely and they might not notice the deactivation and/or miss the 30 days deadline, getting their accounts deleted.