Awesome, maybe then I can get everyone I know to switch to a better platform.
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Yep, when Meta bought it, I warned my group friend chats that the second they start trying to monetize it, I'm going to whine until they all switch to Signal. Guess it's time to start nagging
Today, on "Features No One Asked For".
Great, I can't wait for Whatsapp to be the only way to reach customer support and make payments. I always felt the confused look of people when I tell them I don't have Whatsapp wasn't enough.
always felt the confused look of people when I tell them I don’t have Whatsapp wasn’t enough.
the worst part is that most people cannot fathom that you don't have Whatsapp and you want to continue not having. The confused look is because their way of thinking is "ok you don't have, so what, open an account, it's taking 10 seconds".
When contractors try to get me to communicate with them on what's appropriate, I am happy to tell them that it's forbidden on company devices.
Typically that conversation started on email, which they don't want to continue using for reasons they usually can't explain well.
Same argument for installing Signal
I want out but no one in my group chats will leave. 😭
What I did was say I'm deleting my WhatsApp account in [insert sensible time] and if anyone wants to contact me, to use Signal. Lost contact to some, but many followed.
Whatsapp turning into WeChat should make Signal and Threema look even better.
If only people cared. Sadly, they don't.
Source: am one of probably three people in the country that refuse to use Meta CRAPWARE. And thus, very lonely.
I refuse to use anything Meta has its claws on.
WhatsApp is a shithole. Communities, Channels, Payments, Avatars all these destroyed the simple chat app. Meta is aiming for a monopoly here.
Signal and Telegram pretty much useless if you don't have your needful people on the platform.
It's just not a battle I am willing to fight. Too many people I can't contact without Whatsapp and none of them willing to swap.
Thanks to EU, you'll be able to contact these people on WhatsApp without using WhatsApp.
Am I the only one who doesn’t want any, “do everything,” apps? I’d rather have 10 apps that each do one thing really well than have one app that haphazardly attempts to do 10 things.
I already have a "do everything" app.
It is called the Operating System.
This is far more likely to become the Do Everything App for the Western World than X/Twitter is.
I stick to Telegram. I don't want anything to do with Meta.
Then Telegram do something bad or stupid (it already started to) and you'll have to transfer all your friends again...
That's still better than using Meta:)
By choosing the lesser evil it is only getting bigger.
Don't use WhatsApp or Telegram. There are better things to use. (Signal, Session and simplex chat)
lol. "Don't use the messaging apps used by all your friends and family. Use another app so you cant contact them. "
Imagine being required to have the same app as your friend to send a message.
pls whatsapp stop copying from fucking telegram there should be a law to make it not possible this is killing competition
But 'Stories' are from IG, owned by Meta.. so... we rather stay quiet on this occasion xdd
Stories are the Meta's copy of snapchat.
It’s a little hard to imagine for us Americans, but internationally WhatsApp has a thriving unofficial ecosystem of businesses operating solely out of the chat app.
I love to hate on Meta as much as the next guy on Lemmy, but this is probably one of the sounder business decisions Meta has made in awhile.
as much as the next guy on the fediverse* not everyone uses Lemmy
This is lemmy, live with it
During the peak of Whatsapp Controversy, I had 50 out 450+ contacts on Signal. Now it is just 5 people.
Mostly because of the 400+ who remained on WhatsApp, the 45 of 50 decided to move back and the 5 probably are running both apps
True. They stick to WhatsApp as all th convo goes there and it laziness to switch over, copy data and all .
Srsly I hope people will start installing Signal once again.