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Tangibly even less people use it than Signal.๐
This is exactly why I don't use it. I have a super tiny chance of getting somebody to message me on signal. I have zero chance of getting them to simplex.
Yeah this is the problem, I can't even broach moving away from what's app without my friends calling me crazy.
Someone I volunteer with sent me a Google Doc and I told them I couldn't see it without a Google account and they just couldn't wrap their head around why I did not have and would not be getting one. I gave them several alternatives where they could upload the document to share and they simply refused.
I also volunteered with another program with the local school district/city and they required to use Google Groups for communications. I sent them a list of 8+ alternatives but they just tried to guilt me into using Google instead.
It's a sad corpo world we lived in.
Yep. Even have this problem with people who agree that it is a bad idea and that google/etc is tracking them. I struggle to admit it, but I think many people are just sheep. Or probably lemmings. I think the last few years have shown that many people really will walk off that cliff if they think "everyone" else is, even if they know the cliff is there and the bottom is way way down there. It looks like they can't help themselves.
Yeah its crazy, its not even that much more inconvenient to use another service. people just tend to stick to what everyone else does I guess