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What app you americans use for personal conversations? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by medvedev@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Here in South Europe people mostly use Viber. Edit: I was very unaware about situation in Southern Europe as I've learned from this post... Most people in Croatia use Viber!

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[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Most people I know use SMS/RCS/iMessage or Discord. My family uses Signal, but I don't know anyone else IRL that has even heard of it. I personally don't like Signal because they don't have some basic features, such as if you get a new phone, you need to export/import all of your old messages manually. If your old phone broke or your traded it in already, tough shit. If you log in on your laptop, afaik, there's no way to get your old messages from your phone. I know these were intentional design decisions to make it as secure as possible, but I would be fine with something being slightly less secure to have these QOL features.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Signal definitely has some room to improve with regard to backup/sync. It should probably never store your messages on its servers, which is what it would take for you to get your history back if you lose access to all your devices containing it, but it could allow you to keep the full history in sync across multiple devices without compromising its security guarantees.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who convinced your family? I tried to do the same with my family and friends to no avail.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 1 points 2 years ago

My dad, mostly. I just explained it in another comment.