• fernandofig@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    If Signal didn’t alienate a large number of users by removing SMS maybe switching would be more viable.

    This. I hate Whatsapp, but I have to use it because that’s what everybody else (where I live) uses, so either I cave, or be Incommunicable by everyone and get used to explaining why while sounding like a dork.

    I used Signal because, although a very small set of friends used it, I had an excuse to keep it because it handled SMS, and so I could keep it in the hopes that eventually WA would shoot itself in the foot and people would finally migrate, but since they removed SMS, why the hell would I hold on to it if I’d have no reason to other that I like it?

    • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.dev
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      1 year ago

      In my experience, people might raise an eyebrow when you say you don’t have WhatsApp, but I never had to explain myself. Even then, saying “I don’t trust Facebook” will make most people understand.

    • Arghblarg@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know the technical issues, buy couldn’t a fork of Signal revive SMS support? I would switch to such a fork and help everyone I know also do so.