2016
Happy #GlobalSwitchDay (discuss.tchncs.de)
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A colorful image showing 8 global switch suggestions presented in three columns. Upper left is the fediverse logo with text Join the fediverse #globalswitchday. In total we see 16 platform logo's in their respected brand color and underneath each logo the name of the platform. All switch combinations have an arrow in the middle pointing to the right (from to). In the left column: X to Mastodon, Facebook to friendica. In the middle column WhatsApp to Signal, Instagram to Pixelfed and YouTube to PeerTube. In the right column: Reddit to Lemmy, Facebook Messenger to Signal and TikTok to loops.video.
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (10 children)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

    WhatsApp's a scam, anti-libre software.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Yes but it is still better than SMS.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Saying it's secure feeds their scam. At least we don't pay for it like SMS.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I did not say it was secure, I actually spend a lot of time explaining to people that it is secure and they should switch to Signal. However, I will not tell them to go back to SMS for the reason aforementioned.

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