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It's not easy to leave WhatsApp. I've transitioned to Signal a month ago and lost contact with a lot of people. My friends and family think I'm going crazy for attitudes like these. "You can't change the world on your own".. like that was the plan 😅
Thanks Musk, that was the motivation I needed to keep away from WhatsApp.
Obviously not a X/Twitter user, I'm not a fkin idiot.
I’ve never used whats app and I never plan to. Recently I’ve been trying Line for messaging my family abroad and I like how it’s a Japanese/ Korean app so I can get away from American corporations
You can't change the world if you don't try at all. What a braindead take..
And they wouldn't be alone if their family came with them
Literally this
"You can check out any time you like... But you can never leeeave."
It’s a slow and constant process of onboarding people to signal. I managed to onboard my local gaming group into using Signal after Trump got elected.
Leaving is never really an option. But running the two apps side by side still works.
It varies, I guess. Some people might not be able to leave due to their job for example.
I left, it's an option for me. And I'm not coming back, I don't want to admit defeat.
I'm in an island now, it's annoying how these companies penetrated our lives.
What about using Matrix ?
I'm pretty sure that you can bridge Matrix with WhatsApp.
Matrix.Org - Bridges
https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp
I'll check that out. Thanks!
Welcome
If someone is only willing to communicate with you through WhatsApp, they don't value your friendship.
If someone is not technical enough tk use Signal or Telegram they are not my friends. But not everyone I communicate with is my friend.
I managed to get my parents and brother to switch to signal two years ago, never switched back and it's always working, very easy to use. I'm pretty sure whatsapp will enshitify at such a rate that signal will absorb the users.
Keep on pushing, I've been transitioning to Signal and now I've got a handful of good friends on there. People are realising what's going on but be mindful that a lot of people have businesses and work that depend on it.. They are hostages. But if everyone changes gradually it will reach a point they won't be anymore. Keep on preaching brother!