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Maybe it's different in the U.S. still, but where I live in Canada lately it seems like everyone is on Signal
by pcthrowaway 1y ago
Maybe it's different in the U.S. still, but where I live in Canada lately it seems like everyone is on Signal
- BrandoElFollito 1y agoOh really? I am curious how Signal won with WhatsApp. In France (and basically in all European countries, maybe except Germany, where all privacy things are very intense so maybe they use something else), WhatsApp is the go-to app. Not only do most people use it, but you have services that suggest WhatsApp as one of the contact channels. This is not because they love WhatsApp for some reason - rather because people use it (and they want to make it easier to contact them). You talk about "WhatsApp groups for X", never heard about "Signal groups for X". In rare instances, this would be Telegram (but usually specialized groups)
- pcthrowaway 1y ago> Oh really? I am curious how Signal won with WhatsApp. Probably because people are just about completely done with Facebook/Meta. Signal is seen as the best option for privacy.
- BrandoElFollito 1y agoI understand that. What I was wondering about is what created the momentum to move. There were attempts here (including mine, arguably feeble) to persuade people to switch, but Whatsapp is too much ingrained.