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How do you deal with WhatsApp monopoly? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Email, docs, music, maps etc have reasonable alternatives and you don't depend on others to switch (a gmail user will receive my email from tuta). But with WhatsApp either you conceal and use it or you just don't talk to people (tried convincing them to switch to signal and it simply doesn't happen)

How do you deal with it?

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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Everyone I talk to regularily has Signal or Discord (yes i know I would prefer Matrix or something), basically the only reason I have WhatsApp is one or two group chats I don't read.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    If Discord, why not WhatsApp?

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

    I am aware, I'd like to not have to use either. I'm trying to convince my friends to try out Matrix, but I haven't been successful yet.

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