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WhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verification (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] desconectado@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's small little thing, that everyone uses it. I've been waiting to get away from WhatsApp for years, but I would be an idiot to say that I can get away from it and still communicate with my family and friends via text.

[โ€“] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

If everyone would think this way, all other messengers would be extinct and Zuckerberg would rule over everyones most personal data. And then, oh wonder, it suddenly has a subscription-cost too.

Not for me. If people are so stubborn to use it, they gotta go back to email or sms if they really wanna reach me. I don't use that crap, nor facebook or twitter or instagram or tiktok or....