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[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

How will you move to WhatsApp if everyone else uses iMessage? Europe has the same issue, but reversed. Everyone uses WhatsApp and can't jump to Signal/Telegram because they're not as popular.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 5 points 7 months ago

As a non-American stuck with a terrible dual Whatsapp setup I can't kill due to network effects, this is true.

The counterargument is that any one platform will have this issue, so you'd need full interoperability. Except in direct messaging full interoperability is a bit of a security issue.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

Don't jump to Telegram. It sucks.

WhatsApp sucks too, but at least it's protected from hooligans. Unlike Telegram.

From state surveillance viewpoint both suck.