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Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Its hard to get others to do so, for seemingly no reason. I have Signal installed, have had it for years, have told all my contacts about it. Only like 3 installed it, but quickly forgot about it. I still have to have WhatsApp installed to not fall off the world so they end up texting me from WA anyway.

Its not like SMS vs Signal where there is a clear benefit to the average Joe to use Signal, there's no difference between Signal and WhatsApp to the average person so they will just keep using WhatsApp out of habit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not hard for me to get others to use it. I simply don't have a Whatsapp account or anything else. If they want to contact me, they will use the right app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thats great, now try that with acquaintances, coworkeea, classmates or companies that only chat through WhatsApp. I wish I could go nuclear but WA is a necessity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Your problem is you allow them to do that to you. I simply do not allow it, and it works out fine for me. Have never used WhatsApp a single time.

It is literally not a necessity. It's a convenience that you are making yourself dependent on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I can only agree with you, it is a choice we’re making.

Still I don’t feel like I want to tell people other than my family or friends to give up on me or switch to threema.

I’m still thinking about it, but the downsides are bigger than the upsides for now.