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lazide 5 days ago

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

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.

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.

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.