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What's inside the QR code menu at this cafe? (peabee.substack.com)

submitted 2 months ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The main event here was pretty interesting, but I'd just like to say that

It asked me for my name and Whatsapp mobile number.

Why not just the mobile number. Do they also operate drive-ins that only accept BMWs?

[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In certain places like India, WhatsApp is the default means of communication for everyone.
You can use it without phone data if you are on wifi, it supports better quality than sms for sending images, you can video chat with it, it's cross platform, etc etc.

What's more amazing to me is that it's not more popular in western countries.

[–] JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's the most common communication tool for friends and family in much of europe

[–] Quail4789@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

unfortunately.. noone seems to stop and think for a second why Meta would maintain an infrastructure/team, spending millions upon millions to provide a service that seemingly has no monetization built-in.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 5 points 1 month ago

I know it's dominant, but it just sucks. To go back to the previous analogy, Whatsapp should have a monopoly on communication as much as BMW should have a monopoly on transportation.

[+] JameUwU@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree and use Signal myself.
But people like the extra features of WhatsApp like desktop/web clients with seamless history sync and all the other little things that WhatsApp provides.
The average Joe doesn't even think about security or privacy, they just know that the results of using WhatsApp are superior than using SMS.
iMessage is a non starter everywhere out of the US, it just doesn't have the market penetration.
As an Australian, no one I know (many of whom own iPhones) talk about the blue-green bubble stuff.
They recognise where the fault lies and simply don't use the app.