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From: Andrew <andrew@spam.net>
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Subject: Re: whatsapp interoperability
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:58:38 -0000 (UTC)
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s|b wrote on Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:47:18 +0200 :

>> I've been using Signal, but it seems everyone else I know, except my
>> immediate family, uses WhatsApp.
> 
> I was using both, but finally decided to drop WhatsApp. I sent a message
> to several people... nobody switched. I don't care. My most important
> contacts (mother, sister, a couple of friends) were already using
> Signal. Non Signal users can text me through old school SMS.

I tried Signal, but nobody else did, whereas everyone is on MMS/SMS here.

Since I'm in the USA where unlimited everything is ubiquitous for a single
price per month, I use "normal" messaging apps (e.g., PulsSMS) for SMS/MMS.

However, I have to keep WhatsApp around, even as I use the separate
non-META WhatsApp dialer to keep my contact list out of META's grubby paws.

As with others, I too would love to drop WhatsApp but everyone I
communicate with in Germany uses it who is young (their elders use POTS).

When/if the major messaging players have interoperability, things will be
better in that anyone should be able to communicate with anyone else with
the basic features of secure communications & large message size.