ray@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoMeta just killed native WhatsApp on Windows 11, now it opens WebView, uses 1GB RAM all the timewww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1254
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minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 hours agoIt’s the de facto communication medium in Europe. It’s not much of a choice. Even work related groups are usually over WhatsApp.
minus-squareArdens@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoNow, I live in Europe, and my family, friends and others, don’t use WhatsApp… So it is much of a choice.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-220 hours agoIt’s kinda scary that Europe is so willing to let all of their private messages go through an American data broker company that is well known for doing sneaky things to get data they aren’t supposed to have.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoScary indeed. Phone carriers are to blame. Unlimited SMS plans weren’t common when whatsapp took hold of our communications.
It’s the de facto communication medium in Europe. It’s not much of a choice. Even work related groups are usually over WhatsApp.
Now, I live in Europe, and my family, friends and others, don’t use WhatsApp… So it is much of a choice.
It’s kinda scary that Europe is so willing to let all of their private messages go through an American data broker company that is well known for doing sneaky things to get data they aren’t supposed to have.
Scary indeed.
Phone carriers are to blame. Unlimited SMS plans weren’t common when whatsapp took hold of our communications.