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		tchaffee on Jan 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signal gaining popularity in India after WhatsApp ... > Beyond the HackerNews crowd, most people don't care about privacy. That's just not true. It was my non-tech friends who suggested we move off WhatsApp. And zero objections from anyone in my WhatsApp groups.

dunefox on Jan 9, 2021 [–]

In my contact circle many people have academic degrees or work in tech jobs and only about 1 out of 10 people would consider switching. I have asked, they just don't care to "have 5 different chat apps installed", when they can "just use WhatsApp".

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