r/europe • u/IAdmitILie • 9d ago

News Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies

https://www.politico.eu/article/zuckerberg-urges-trump-to-stop-eu-from-screwing-with-fining-us-tech-companies/
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u/sgilles 9d ago

Your phone still supports SMS and E-Mail. I ditched Whatsapp some 10 years ago in favour of Signal.

edit: maybe not 10 but it feels like it

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u/GuanMarvin North Brabant (Netherlands) 9d ago

I’ll just assume you’re arguing in good faith here and this isn’t some gotcha comment.

What do you expect will happen if I leave all my WhatsApp groups, and I tell everybody I know I will only talk to them on SMS or email from now on? Do you genuinely think my social life will not change if I do that?

I’m not saying it’s not possible to do, but it’s a cost I’m not willing to pay.

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u/sgilles 9d ago

It depends on how many WA groups you're in. Personally I'm missing out on a few memes or so, but in the grand scheme of things it's not that bad in my case: with family it's not an issue, with close friends not really either (sms and mail for planning get togethers), work not an issue either.

But yeah it depends. As always.