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[–] mienshao@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

I will never understand anyone who uses Meta products. How much shit does that company need to do before yalls gtfo? Like fr, why are you using WhatsApp when Signal or a million other messaging systems are available?

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Momentum of where friends and family are.

It's nice to be able to say "well they're not worth talking to then", but at some point I need to be able to reach my parents so they can babysit my daughter. Or be able to know that family will be in town and expecting me to be available. Or be able to have any way of knowing what life events are happening to my loved ones without having to wait for it to be brought up in casual conversation months later as if I should already know.

My extended family and friends do a poor job communicating on a good day. If I try to add another hurdle, I'm not the one who wins that fight.

[–] Shizu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Now that RCS between ios and android is a thing there really is no excuse to use Whatsapp any longer. RCS might still be a bit janky but it does its base job fine to the point that I can really reach anyone I need either thru signal, RCS or as a fallback SMS.

[–] Metz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't RCS for the most part using Google services and servers? I don't know if that really is that much better.

To my knowledge, the original idea to have RCS be operated by the mobile providers is pretty much dead.

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