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Signal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why? (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

The only real differences we can think of is:

Whatsapp unlike Signal doesn't have usernames meaning a phone number must be used to contact others on it, and that Whatsapp's report feature shares the unencrypted message and surrounding messages with Meta to give context for the report.