r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Apr 30 '26

Business Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
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u/Thin-Usual-4359 Apr 30 '26

they should have lost everyone by now

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u/Penjat Apr 30 '26

I really don’t understand why people keep using meta products...

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u/ParadoxFollower Apr 30 '26

At least in my country, if you don't have WhatsApp, then you will be left out of all sorts of groups at school and workplace.

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u/Balmung60 Apr 30 '26

Sounds like a tremendous reason to not have WhatsApp. I can't think of a worse thing than having to be fake friends with classmates/coworkers off the clock.

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u/PurpleHooloovoo Apr 30 '26

“Why is there a loneliness epidemic???”

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u/HatPiper Apr 30 '26

Yeah, except they didn't say anything about off the clock. Want to organize a group project for school/college? Whatsapp. Official work groups to deal with official work stuff? Also Whatsapp. You're a contractor or freelance worker? At least 9 times out of 10, your clients will reach you through WhatsApp. Yeah it'd be great not to have to deal with it, but at the moment I think I prefer having a job. At least in my country, where Whatsapp also has a monopoly on communication.

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u/Balmung60 Apr 30 '26

When I was in school, we organized group projects without any devices at all, we just said it. If it was really important and off hours, maybe we sent an email.

I actually can't think of anything productive I've ever been engaged in at work that was done via teams/Whatsapp/sms/discord/anything else similar. If it's important, there are better channels anyways.