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713 points greenburger | 1 comments | 16 Jun 25 13:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source

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leokennis ◴[16 Jun 25 14:05 UTC] No.44289612[source]▶

At least in The Netherlands, WhatsApp could show a 60 second unskippable modal ad video on every launch, and still get away with it due to network effects.

If you’re not on WhatsApp, no updates or news from your kids school, your sports team, your family, your car dealership etc. for you.

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1. ctm92 ◴[17 Jun 25 06:07 UTC] No.44296145[source]▶

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They could publicly execute cute puppies, live stream this and force the users to watch it. They still won't lose significant user base.

I've given up on trying to get my non-tech network to use some other messenger, it's just too exhausting and wasted time.

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