I'd do it but family won't. Whatsapp is Goliath it will take some doing to peel away users because of the family connections
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2025
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Just refuse to use it. They will come around if they value communicating with you. And if they don't... well, you have your answer.
Sadly in my country no one uses signal, everyone used either WhatsApp or Telegram or Facebook messenger for everyday.
I would love to migrate if everyone in my country use signal or other FOSS messenger app, because I'm sick to see WhatsApp become more and more patronizing every single update.
I did, a decade ago, all my must have contacts have long ago added Signal or switched. Those that cant be botherd mehhhh i cant be bothered with them either.
Done.
Will consider that I'd they provide a non-electron version.
Nope I preefer to use WIRE.
Unfortunately Signal has less features, is less convenient, not as pretty and generally unliked by people who don't care that much about privacy, which means it will never gather the critical mass to be able to move completely to it. All my contacts use WhatsApp, it's basically impossible to escape.