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PSA: If you use the Meta AI app, your friends will find out and it will be embarrassing | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 22 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Without whatsapp I would essentially be losing contact with my family and a ton of friends and colleagues. And some businesses even use it. Do I want to, no. Have I got some people on signal, yes. But there simply isnt a way for me to cut it out of my life unfortunately.

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I ripped the bandaid off when Facebook bought WhatsApp. I told all my contacts and the ones I actually talked to were willing to install Signal, even my grandparents.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I tried but failed, people are so reliant on it that I couldn't interest people enough and gradually even some people who moved over, drifted back.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Yeah it's not easy to get people to care, and even harder to get them to move from something they're familiar with.

    The main motivation for me was getting off WhatsApp, so anyone who refused to get Signal just has to deal with SMS now.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I stopped. Anyone who wanted to keep in touch with me was given other methods of doing that. Anyone else who couldn't be bothered to spend 20 extra seconds? Not worth having in my life.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Can't they send a ordinary text message to your phone number?

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    They can but that instantly excludes me from casual day to day things like my family group chat or more spur of the moment messaging - plans here heavily favour data these days over texts - honestly the only texts i get these days are automated services. I just have no desire to be so isolated from friends and family

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