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I simply told my family I was closing my Facebook/IG account and said I'd be pleased to use an alternative platform if they'd join me. The result was that one of my sons set up a Slack chat and everyone moved there.
Simple: You wont get computer help from me anymore if you try message me on WhatsApp. Install the messenger i tell you to install.
Coercion? How crude and unlikely. Everyone I know is able enough to administer their own gizmos. If someone asks, I point them to the zero config option that will require zero tech skills. Computer maintenance is mostly unskilled drudgery nowadays, not wizardry.
It's very interesting that this is the 4th Anti-Whatsapp post on HN in the past 2 days. These posts seem to get a higher than normal amount of engagement also. weird.
In my country (Mexico) it'll be pretty much impossible, everyone uses WA/Messenger (both FB owned) many businesses/stores have support via those channels (and that support is almost always faster than calling them) Also my appartament building has a WA group where people notifies important stuff. And to add insult to perjury most data plans include WA/Messenger/FB free. I tried years ago (2014-15) to stay telegram on…
yeah, sounds like an impossible situation to get our of over there. also sounds like facebook have essentially monopolised messaging services in Mexio. I also read something similar about Brazil too.
I am French and we do use WA a lot but only on a social level, not (yet?) as a way to contact businesses.
1. Keep WhatsApp (for now)
2. Whenever people send you a WhatsApp do this: reply on iMessage if they’re in the iOS world. If they’re in the Android party tell them to switch to Signal
Works like a charm. Thus, I am continuously depopulating WhatsApp to the point where I can safely delete it.
My cousin switched to Signal last year and she just sent a message saying she was switching to Signal. It's the only reason I installed Signal.
In my country (Mexico) it'll be pretty much impossible, everyone uses WA/Messenger (both FB owned) many businesses/stores have support via those channels (and that support is almost always faster than calling them) Also my appartament building has a WA group where people notifies important stuff. And to add insult to perjury most data plans include WA/Messenger/FB free. I tried years ago (2014-15) to stay telegram on…
yeah, sounds like an impossible situation to get our of over there. also sounds like facebook have essentially monopolised messaging services in Mexio. I also read something similar about Brazil too.
Steps, I've taken in order. 0. Removing myself from all active WhatsApp groups. 1. Setting the WhatsApp status to 'Message me on Signal or Email me' and not responding to non-important messages till they message on Signal or Email me. 2. When someone asks if we can continue our conversation on WhatsApp, politely informing them that I don't use WhatsApp and asking them to message on Signal. 3. Setting a Tasker auto re…
Run it on webbrowser at home / cloud instance and proxy msgs but drop all FB trackings?
Any pro/con to this approach?