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Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's a bummer. Means I have no alternative but to keep using WhatsApp then.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    you're getting downvoted for not being American 💀

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I've had this conversation before. The consensus last time was that I should tell every single person on my contacts list to download Signal if they want to stay in touch and if they refuse it means they're shitty people that don't care about me but I'm totally not a shitty person for forcing my preferences onto others.

    People don't realize that in most of Europe WhatsApp is more popular than iMessages are in the US. Not having WhatsApp means you're not texting to anyone.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Yep. And it's not just a Europe thing. WhatsApp is basically the only messaging app in South Asia, West Asia, south America and a lot of parts in Africa. Telling someone to stop using WhatsApp here is like telling an American to stop using E-Mail ans SMS.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I never really understood why is it so complicated to also have Signal on the phone? I mean most people have a shit ton of stupid apps anyway. It's not like it slows your phone down or anything. Just use Signal as well until most people also have it, and then you can choose to ditch the other apps. It's like one extra icon in your app list. Also this is the fastest way to ditch shit apps, have everyone use Signal in parallel with the shit ones.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've had Signal installed for years. There's like 3 of my contacts that I never talk to anyway. Most people use facebook and tiktok and can't even bother installing an adblocker. They're not interested about a privacy focused messenger when they already got WhatsApp.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Wholeheartedly agree, but most people wont do it, so you end up with signal for 1 or 2 friends, telegram for a few others, and all the crap ones for the rest (whatsapp, slack, teams, messenger, etc)

    Ive ditched every messaging app but signal and telegram, and its really annoying sometimes

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Like another person said, most people don't even bother installing adblockers on their browsers and yet complain about ads anyway, despite them being like 4 clicks away. Even after being told they exist and how to do it. Now imagine that with an entirely "new" "unheard of" messaging app.

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