• Opinionhaver@feddit.uk
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    22 days ago

    Switching from WhatsApp to any other messaging service isn’t a realistic option for quite many places. I’d be more than willing to switch but of all the people in my contacts (including my entire customer base) there’s like 3 people using Signal but every single one of them has WhatsApp. Even the 60+ year olds.

      • pseudo@jlai.lu
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        22 days ago

        At least WhatsApp is encrypted and let you have propre group chat

              • pfr@lemmy.sdf.org
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                22 days ago

                You still pay for SMS? Wtf, what country do you live in? Most postpaid mobile plans these days only charge for data usage. In which case, your still paying to use WhatsApp.

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                  21 days ago

                  Are you from the global south? Because it’s still a common thing for SMS to be chargeable in many countries. And no one should be using SMS anyway. It’s horribly insecure. At least use RCS.

                  • Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz
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                    21 days ago

                    Pretty sure you don’t pay (aka they are included) for SMS in most (and everywhere within) Europe (except Switzerland ofc…).