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Refusing to use Signal: "I have too many messaging apps" (lemmy.ml)
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Not sure if any of you have encountered the same resistance to using Signal. Some of my cousins refused to use Signal because they are already using "too many chat apps" (e.g. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Telegram, Line, Snapchat, etc.). To them, Signal will just be another chat app among their numerous other chat apps. I understand that jumping between so many messaging apps imposes some kind of cognitive and maintenance burden. What are some ways to convince such people to use Signal?

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[–] TimTamFlimFlam@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 2 years ago (7 children)

It was a lot easier to convince people (and myself) to use signal when it also did SMS. When that feature was removed it certainly felt like another app to worry about.

[–] b_t@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The loss of SMS really diminished Signal's attractiveness as a messaging app. I still use it because moving the few that I have convinced to employ it as a vector for communication to something more obscure would be even more tiresome.

[–] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I started moving myself away from signal at that point, but I am stuck with it for the same reason. It almost makes me wish I just stayed pure SMS longer so I was not fragmented on messageing apps

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