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How to get rid of Whatsapp? - Lemmy.ca
lemmy.caHello, It’s been a while since I started finding Whatsapp alternative, I found
IRC, XMPP, Signal etc, however the thing is that I can’t convince other people
to use Whatsapp, I can’t say that “ohh it’s bad for privacy” otherwise they will
say “you are not a president, nobody cares about your messages”. also I don’t
live in western country so I can’t just say “I don’t want to use Whatsapp”
otherwise people will get mad saying “you are not a VIP, everyone uses whatsapp
and you are not special”. however I found a way so that people won’t blame me
for not using Whatsapp, I have to somehow get banned from Whatsapp and then when
people ask “why don’t you use whatsapp” then I can say “ohh umm I don’t know it
stopped working, you can find me on Signal”. that way people will be ready to
install Signal to talk to me. what are your thoughts? is it even possible to get
perma banned from Whatsapp?
Would it help if you told them you think Zuck is creepy? People often have a vague creeped out feeling about Facebook, Meta, and tracking. “I was messaging about (insert) here and started seeing ads for it on all my devices” might sell it and get them on your side.
Beyond that it’s the pain point of them installing another app to communicate with likely only you, so leaning on things they already have might work. SMS/MMS may be a viable alternative, or maybe Delta Chat if they’d be willing to share an email address.
It’s hard to deal with the saturation levels the big chat apps have so I wouldn’t rule out having to keep WhatsApp, unfortunately.