Poll: Switching from WhatsApp • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by webmobdev » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:09 PM UTC

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Jami - https://jami.net/ ?

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by mfer » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:09 PM UTC

With text messages (even though insecure) they cross provider, cross platform, distributed, and interface based so clients and servers could be written.

With the new options they are single provider, centralized, and locked in. Matrix is an exception in some categories.

It's kinda sad how the technology landscape shifted.

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by heikkilevanto » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:09 PM UTC

Missing option: Not using such stuff at all

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by toper-centage » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:09 PM UTC

bartligthart wrote: post #184

Isn't this the perfect moment for Apple to announce their Android iMessage app?

Apple operates in a bubble that doesn't acknowledge other operating systems at all. So that will never happen.

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by jjice » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:10 PM UTC

Depends what you want. Are you all about personal privacy? I'd say Signal or Matrix on a self hosted server. Convenience and access to some other communities? Discord would be my pick.

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by toper-centage » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #172

I don't feel like I have a say in it anyway, what I use is dictated by the people I have to talk to. I'm not a willing participant in WhatsApp, it's what my boss and coworkers use.

But if you flip that around, that means you have a vote on what everyone else uses.

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by webmobdev » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

lbj wrote: post #176

apexalpha wrote: post #155

Where is the "Don't switch" option? Because as much as I hate that Facebook bought them, they're part of what I would call "critical social infrastructure." Asking to leave WhatsApp is like cancelling your contract with your ISP and going offline just because you don't like the company.

I quit WhatsApp, Facebook et al and went with Signal. Initially it was hard converting people to a privacy oriented service, but today I have an endless list of open chats in Signal.

Consider Jami - https://jami.net/ - instead of Signal.

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by matheusmoreira » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

Signal and Matrix are the most trustworthy options. What's the point in using them if no one you know does? WhatsApp is valuable despite its proprietary nature because everyone uses it.

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by destruct_self » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:12 PM UTC

in my surroundings, WA still dominant. Second is telegram. So I choose it

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Post by Asturaz » Thu, Jan 07, 2021, 2:13 PM UTC

shrikrishna wrote: post #52

I like wire ( https://wire.com/en/ ) but no one I know uses it :-/

I use Wire, have only two contacts which also using Wire.

I like that they have published the server source code https://github.com/wireapp/wire-server