So here’s the thing, every time I try to move away from Facebook messenger I run into the same problem, nobody else in my friends or family actually want to use a secure, private messenger app like signal or telegram, my wife, my parents, my in-laws, my friends they’re ALL on Facebook and they will never take signal seriously enough to actually use it, it really bums me out that there are these far superior options but without anyone else using them they’re pointless…

Anyway what apps do you use to stay in touch with people?

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Meanwhile the relatives are potentially thinking “well I guess he doesn’t value keeping in touch with me”.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Yeah, they’ll just go.

      Hey brother 1, please tell your hermit brother OP that we have a get together next week. 9pm, bring beer ok.

    • Mubelotix
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      21 year ago

      Yes but they would be wrong. Because they would be asking you to sacrifice your privacy for them, while you are only asking them for 30MB on their phones to install Signal

    • TheEntity
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      11 year ago

      That’s exactly my point: let’s invert the scenario as there is no reason why we should be the ones compromising. The only objective difference is the privacy of the chosen application. Even if this would be equal too, we have just a much right to demand a specific protocol as they do.