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I'm not then, but if I were them, I would do the opposite. I will immediately do the next shady step (whatever it is ) that Zuck always wanted to do. Because yeah, there is a lot of bad press around the privacy changes. But you better get all the backlash at the same time, than several time a backlash.

And that would be so good because I could be convinced to really uninstall whatsaap



If I was them, I would do exactly what they're doing.

A partial exodus doesn't work. With this delay, maybe half of the people who were going to switch won't end up switching.

By boiling the frog slowly, they make sure that a mass exodus never happens, only partial exoduses that end up dying and tiring people out.


That, and do it now now now. The backlash is already semi-drowned with the whole world looking at the sociopolitical issues in the US. A perfect crisis that no self-respecting evil megacorp would let go to waste.


> But you better get all the backlash at the same time, than several time a backlash.

I'm not sure. Bad publicity has a critical point after which people leave and move to other services. When people who weren't concerned about privacy before began to have conversations about whether Telegram or Signal is a better replacement to WhatsApp, Facebook realized that they have pushed it too far this time. They're much better served if people think "Oh WhatsApp is owned by a shady company but everyone I know uses it so I need to use it to".


> And that would be so good because I could be convinced to really uninstall whatsaap

Did you just provide the counterargument to your own argument?

If they backpaddled is likely because there was enough of a negative reaction to raise concern.

I believe it's more likely they are trying to figure out how to announce the next deadline more quietly without breaking too many laws.


No, because I dont think I act like most people. Most people don't even understand the privacy changes, they just see that 'something' happened on Whatsaap this week




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