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Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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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.

> they're part of what I would call "critical social infrastructure." Really? That seems a depressingly low bar for what you consider "critical". If WhatsApp would disappear tomorrow, I think my social infrastructure would not suffer at all. I still have a smartphone with hundreds of other apps, including iMessage, SMS, and so on.. Besides that, I only consider real human interaction as critical. > Asking to leave Wh…

Suggesting iMessage -- available only on Apple products -- as a alternative to avoid WhatsApp lock-in has to be the most ironic thing I've seen today.

Re: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about SMS? It's free for most plans.

SMS/MMS don't work or are unreliable for international communication. SMS/MMS, historically, have been unreliable cross-carrier domestically in the US. Many cheaper Android phones, especially, seemed to be particularly poor players with SMS/MMS group chats. SMS/MMS doesn't guarantee message delivery order (which can lead to some comical exchanges when the first split of the message shows up a day after the last split…

Got it, it's interesting you say that as EU SMS/MMS works a treat and there's the added bonus of low or no roaming charges these days.
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