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Yes I am using Signal. It's just that most people around me are not on Signal. Trying to convince them to switch is useless (although I try). WhatsApp is not my

• petre 7y ago
  I plainly tell them to e-mail me or contact me via Wire or Signal. Maybe this whole Bezos affair would convince them it's insecure spyware from yours truly Facebook and their friends in the UAE? I think not.
• _jal 7y ago
  Tell them no. My perspective is, pick one of the many overlapping channels we already share or don't bother me. I am not signing up to yet another spyware-of-the-month app in order to chase your fashion sense.
  • kelnos 7y ago
    It's a trade off. In some cases not installing the messaging app du jour means being left out of group chats. If that's ok with you, then by all means, allow yourself to be excluded. But that's not ok with everyone.
  • roel_v 7y ago
    Whatsapp has been the default choice for 10 years. From other people's pov, Signal and Telegram are the 'fashion' apps.
  • meowface 7y ago
    They would say the same of you, from their perspective. It's like someone asking you for your Twitter and you replying that you only use Mastodon.
    • _jal 7y ago
      If I only used Mastodon or some other low-user-count service, you would have a point. Instead, what I said was, > pick one of the many overlapping channels we already share
      • meowface 7y ago
        True. I think I was somewhat conflating your post with the parent's.