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In my experience, no, you can’t force alternatives on your friends and family, unless it’s an alternative they already have. No, they won’t install Signal. If
by bad_user 8y ago
In my experience, no, you can’t force alternatives on your friends and family, unless it’s an alternative they already have.
No, they won’t install Signal. If that were a real possibility, you would have done it already. So SMS it is. But I wonder, isn’t SMS more expensive than $1 / year? SMS has had outrageously high rates compared with 3G.
In some parts of the world that’s precisely the reason for WhatsApp’s popularity.
- randomsearch 8y agoMy non-tech friends can and have and do install signal, I’m pleased to say! It costs nothing, takes them a few minutes, and there’s no downside for them. I use it all the time.
- Zhenya 8y agoagreed - I politely ask and if they dont I make my case. SMS is plaintext - full stop.
- Marsymars 8y ago> If that were a real possibility, you would have done it already. Well, no, because I'm perfectly happy using WhatsApp in its current state.
- Tharkun 8y agoSMS has been free (or very nearly free) for at least ten years over here. Pretty much any phone plan comes with unlimited messages or something like 10k/month, which most users won't reach.