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That sounds horrible to be so locked-in.

by Evidlo 4y ago

trebbble 4y ago
We're not, so it isn't.
- asdff 4y ago
  You just said 95% of your communication happens through one app, if that isn't locked in then what is it, locked in with visitation rights?
  - trebbble 4y ago
    Since we can switch any time enough folks feel like moving over some of the major group threads to something else, how are we locked in? I can't really think of any time I didn't do nearly all of my communication over one or maybe two channels. In the 1990s, 95+% by landline phone. Then ICQ + Phone. Then SMS. Then WhatsApp. I also do 95+% of my driving in a single car, and 95+% of my text editing in a single program. 95ish% of my browsing in a single browser. Not locked in to those, either—in all three cases I've switched before without difficulty, and likely will again. I have no idea where the lock-in notion's coming from.
  - kelnos 4y ago
    "Locked in" doesn't just mean "I use a single thing for everything". It means that switching costs are high. With the exception of losing chat history (which I was surprised to find most people don't seem to care about), switching costs between chat platforms are virtually nonexistent.
simonjgreen 4y ago
Locked in to WhatsApp as opposed to iMessage? At least it works on all platforms
kgeist 4y ago
I'm not sure what "locked-in" means here. If something happens to WhatsApp (becomes paid-only, abandoned), you can use Telegram, Viber etc. Maybe the only problem is that you can lose chat history when switching, and that you must make sure all your friends/family migrate to the same service...
- adev_ 4y ago
  > I'm not sure what "locked-in" means here. If something happens to WhatsApp (becomes paid-only, abandoned), you can use Telegram, Viber etc. Maybe the only problem is that you can lose chat history when switching, and that you must make sure all your friends/family migrate to the same service... And get your contact spread over 4 differents messaging App and consequently have all of them installed.
- sneak 4y ago
  Something did happen to WhatsApp: it got bought out and now embeds Facebook spyware. It's time to switch to Signal. (Telegram and most of the others are not end to end encrypted.)

That sounds horrible to be so locked-in.

by Evidlo 4y ago

That sounds horrible to be so locked-in.

trebbble 4y ago

We're not, so it isn't.

asdff 4y ago
You just said 95% of your communication happens through one app, if that isn't locked in then what is it, locked in with visitation rights?
- trebbble 4y ago
  Since we can switch any time enough folks feel like moving over some of the major group threads to something else, how are we locked in? I can't really think of any time I didn't do nearly all of my communication over one or maybe two channels. In the 1990s, 95+% by landline phone. Then ICQ + Phone. Then SMS. Then WhatsApp. I also do 95+% of my driving in a single car, and 95+% of my text editing in a single program. 95ish% of my browsing in a single browser. Not locked in to those, either—in all three cases I've switched before without difficulty, and likely will again. I have no idea where the lock-in notion's coming from.
- kelnos 4y ago
  "Locked in" doesn't just mean "I use a single thing for everything". It means that switching costs are high. With the exception of losing chat history (which I was surprised to find most people don't seem to care about), switching costs between chat platforms are virtually nonexistent.

simonjgreen 4y ago

Locked in to WhatsApp as opposed to iMessage? At least it works on all platforms

kgeist 4y ago

I'm not sure what "locked-in" means here. If something happens to WhatsApp (becomes paid-only, abandoned), you can use Telegram, Viber etc. Maybe the only problem is that you can lose chat history when switching, and that you must make sure all your friends/family migrate to the same service...

adev_ 4y ago
> I'm not sure what "locked-in" means here. If something happens to WhatsApp (becomes paid-only, abandoned), you can use Telegram, Viber etc. Maybe the only problem is that you can lose chat history when switching, and that you must make sure all your friends/family migrate to the same service... And get your contact spread over 4 differents messaging App and consequently have all of them installed.
sneak 4y ago
Something did happen to WhatsApp: it got bought out and now embeds Facebook spyware. It's time to switch to Signal. (Telegram and most of the others are not end to end encrypted.)