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Subject: Re: whatsapp interoperability
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 18:36:39 +0200
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On 10.09.24 17:58, Andrew wrote:
> 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.

No one outside of the USA is using such primitive stuff for private
communication.


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