> This should be illegal that the government forces people into apps controlled by private, commercial entities. I call such a government corrupt.
If the government (or school) is going to require us to have a smartphone in order to access critical government information, then we should demand that the government provide us with a compatible smartphone.
Would you use that phone?
Forget exes—-how about current partners! I predict with high confidence that my wife’s response to such a request would be “grow up and install WhatsApp already.”
Mine would be the exact opposite. She'd walk into the school district office and read them the riot act for being so stupid.
To which one might reply "I can not unread those terms of service to which I do not consent".
Oh, wait, I think I've just figured out why I'm divorced.