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[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 49 points 2 years ago

why do people use it?

because it gained popularity in countries where sending SMS used to cost money at the time, years before Facebook has purchased it, became the main means of communication, and it turns out that moving an entire country's (or even continent's) population away from a messaging app has proven to be difficult.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Also because MMS was/is dogshit and sending photos etc through WhatsApp was much better

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Yep. It’s like that here and it sucks ass. Every person and business uses it. I think even the Gemente does in some cases.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Pretty much, I use Telegram always I can (I know it is not Signal, but there are tons of custom ROMs groups and channels and I use it to chat with closest friends), and oh boy it is just better than WhatsApp in any aspect since... Since I don't remember when I started to use it... It just got updated with an enhanced reply system (quotes) and it is awesome.

Meanwhile family, companies and pretty much everyone else is at WhatsApp... I mean it could be worse, it could be Messenger LMAO.

I was shocked when I read around here in Lemmy that people chat with SMS on Android those haven't been used here since 2012 at least!

[-] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Be the difference!

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

moving an entire country's (or even continent's) population away from a messaging app has proven to be difficult.

It's not that difficult. During the pandemic there was a privacy scare when Whatsapp was rumored to plan on breaking encryption. There was an upsurge in Signal installations and I actually got a small group to use it for a few weeks before the scare died down and we returned to Whatsapp.

If Meta really thinks people won't switch it may have an unpleasant surprise.

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