▲ 731 ▼ Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp (www.androidpolice.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world 230 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nailoC5@lemy.lol 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) you're getting downvoted for not being American 💀 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nailoC5@lemy.lol 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 2 years ago Well for me it works and I have most of my people on either Signal or threema though threema is getting slowly obsolete permalink fedilink source parent [–] EpicVision@monero.town 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Americans have something even worse: SMS permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago A huge amount of them, and the vast majority of younger people, have iMessage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nailoC5@lemy.lol 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 2 years ago Well for me it works and I have most of my people on either Signal or threema though threema is getting slowly obsolete permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nailoC5@lemy.lol 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 2 years ago Well for me it works and I have most of my people on either Signal or threema though threema is getting slowly obsolete permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EpicVision@monero.town 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Americans have something even worse: SMS permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago A huge amount of them, and the vast majority of younger people, have iMessage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago A huge amount of them, and the vast majority of younger people, have iMessage. permalink fedilink source parent