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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?
Tell your local legislators to make text messages via the regulated phone system work better and cheaper. Back in 2012 I met someone who worked for them (before Meta) and when I said I’d never heard of them he responded “because US phone companies don’t rape their customers for text messages”. Even today most American’s don’t use whatsapp because unless you have a message to send international your phone comes with something that works for free.
Whatsapp existing at all is a sign that your phone system doesn’t work like it should. This can be fixed.