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We got good alternatives for WhatsApp (Signal, Threema, Telegram). Not perfect, but fit for purpose. Instagram and FB.. plenty of boards and forums, Mastodon.
by HenryBemis 6y ago
We got good alternatives for WhatsApp (Signal, Threema, Telegram). Not perfect, but fit for purpose.
Instagram and FB.. plenty of boards and forums, Mastodon.
For anyone who thinks that "there are no technology alternatives for XYZ" or that "tech cannot move so fast to close the XYZ gap".. see what happened in 2020 with COVID and how fast tech industry moved to cover the gaps that were newly created (or lately enhanced).
- a1369209993 6y agoI think it's more: people are using WhatsApp (etc), presumably for a reason[0], and Facebook thinks (not necessarily falsely) that it can mislead those people to blame their government for 'forcing' Facebook to break the software they're using. 0: That that reason is "it's a pain in the ass to migrate to something else" rather than any actual merit of WhatsApp wouldn't make this tactic this any less effective.