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Delete WhatsApp and Install Signal (andrewsteele.co.uk)

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[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What feature could you possibly want that signal does not have? What's inconvenient about it? Never used WhatsApp and am genuinely curious.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Can't set different nicknames between servers, and it's much worse at actually maintaining large group conversations. Compare how communities are managed in discord or telegram vs signal.