I was going to proudly boast that I don’t have any Meta apps on my phone. Got rid of FB a long time ago, never jumped on the Instagram train.

Then I your post and now I realize I’m still in the Meta world. Forgot about whatsapp for a second.

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lazide 5 days ago | parent [-]

There is a reason they paid so much for it. In a lot of the world, they’re essentially required.

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Contortion 5 days ago | parent [-]

And next to impossible to get rid of. I would much rather use Signal but convincing even privacy-conscious people to switch is an uphill battle.

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reorder9695 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I find a lot of people (including myself) had a pretty bad experience with Signal years ago, and it has put them off using it today.

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mrbombastic 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Signal is quite good these days for what it is worth. My whole family switched and hasn’t missed whatsapp. That said I am still stuck on whatsapp, it is basically the only messaging app people use in a lot of the world and used by a ton of businesses.

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tholdem 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe once the ads start showing on Whatsapp it gets easier to convince people to switch.

	▲	touristtam 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Convenience and habit will trump the annoyance of having to see adverts.
	▲	trinix912 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There are ads on Viber and people aren’t convinced to switch to Whatsapp either.