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[-] achayanzz@kerala.party 79 points 1 year ago

Whatsapp. Everyone in India uses it. Its like the imessage situation in the US. So widespread.

Schools, college, friend groups, family groups all are on whatsapp.

[-] mmorschel@feddit.de 31 points 1 year ago

Can second this for Germany, too.

I tried to degoogle and to only use FOSS apps and services, but ditching WhatsApp would throw me in a black hole.

[-] itsmect@monero.town 2 points 1 year ago

Same here. I wonder if there is an easy way to leave an old phone with whatsapp at home and forward the messages to my daily driver. Would prevent the zuck from reading out my contact list at minimum. I know he still has everybody else's but still.

[-] nabladabla@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

You don't have to give contact permission to the app.

[-] transistor 5 points 1 year ago
[-] achayanzz@kerala.party 9 points 1 year ago

Thanks. May I ask what is so cool about the instance that I am on? ;)

[-] i_agree@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Did not know we have our own instance

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

there's a kerala lemmy? thats neat FrogPog

telegram is used a lot in slav countries, i feel like its pretty decent

[-] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 1 points 1 year ago

Same in France. Even (this is insane) for work coordination...

[-] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

Same in the Czech Republic. My whole family communicates only through whatsapp.

[-] zer0@thelemmy.club -4 points 1 year ago

So you prefer it because everyone use it? This doesn't sound smart

[-] achayanzz@kerala.party 18 points 1 year ago

How am I supposed to message people when the only messaging app they use is whatsapp and facebook messenger (which I don't use)?

I guess the only easy alternative is to use SMS and email since everyone use it. But it is not safe.

I am always open to alternatives like Signal, Element,etc. But no one use them. I am not going to force people to use a messaging app.

[-] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 2 points 1 year ago

As a workaround, you can bridge most services to Matrix. I currently bridge Telegram, Signal and SMS to my Matrix server and only need Element on my phone and desktop.

Unfortunately Element is fairly focused on business users, would be cool if they could host bridges for individuals to make the barrier of entry easier.

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