<story><title>WhatsApp&apos;s new privacy policy is so bad it might be illegal</title><url>https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/04/13/whatsapps-new-privacy-policy-is-so-bad-it-might-be-illegal/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>foolinaround</author><text>In Jan, there was a big outcry, i thought all would move to signal.
I have about 25% of the conversations in signal, but especially for groups, whatsapp is so sticky, that they seem to have broadly failed in signal, and are back to whatsapp.&lt;p&gt;I continue to have individual conversations on signal with most friends, but the idea of being able to leave whatsapp seems to be much tougher than I thought.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ryandrake</author><text>The way I see it, you can choose to be part of the problem or not. And with a product that gets stronger the more people use it, then using it is part of the problem. You can’t complain about how So-And-So company’s products are bad, but then say “but I can’t bear to stop using em!”&lt;p&gt;I cut all of FB and their ecosystem out of my life years ago. Can’t say this one person out of billions has had an effect on the company but at least I can honestly say I’m not even a tiny part of the problem.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t proselytize to normal people anymore because most just aren&amp;#x27;t receptive to the message. It&amp;#x27;s like an addiction. Even when they agree with me, everyone has their little excuses as to why they can&amp;#x27;t possibly quit. And at the end of the day your one-one-billionth share of the problem amounts to peanuts, anyway.</text></comment>
<story><title>WhatsApp&apos;s new privacy policy is so bad it might be illegal</title><url>https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/04/13/whatsapps-new-privacy-policy-is-so-bad-it-might-be-illegal/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>foolinaround</author><text>In Jan, there was a big outcry, i thought all would move to signal.
I have about 25% of the conversations in signal, but especially for groups, whatsapp is so sticky, that they seem to have broadly failed in signal, and are back to whatsapp.&lt;p&gt;I continue to have individual conversations on signal with most friends, but the idea of being able to leave whatsapp seems to be much tougher than I thought.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bla3</author><text>If we&amp;#x27;re doing anecdata: All my contacts are on Signal now. I uninstalled WhatsApp back in Jan.</text></comment>