Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: šļø Monday, November 11, 2024
Nath@aussie.zone āØ1ā© āØweekā© agoI went with Telegram, which functionally at least was pretty identical to WhatsApp back when I had both apps.
Telegram has a bunch of other stuff these days (channels etc); I still only use it for chatting with family and friends. I had leverage over my family: I was in Melbourne and the single source on the Internet of grandchildren photos was Telegram. So they all signed up to it. š
indisin@aussie.zone āØ1ā© āØweekā© ago
Signal?
Nath@aussie.zone āØ1ā© āØweekā© ago
Signal didnāt exist 10 years ago when this all happened. Encryption is nice and all, but kid photos arenāt exactly state secrets and the user experience of Telegram is 10x better than Signal.
I have both apps, but nobody I know uses Signal.
indisin@aussie.zone āØ1ā© āØweekā© ago
Literally the same situation my side, but I still primarily use WhatsApp as Meta canāt share/use my data and businesses cannot communicate with me due to me still declining the updated terms, they were supposed to reduce functionality for people like me but Iām guessing the list is now too small to invest the effort in to implementing.
Even getting family on to Telegram was impossible so completely understand about just using it for normal person stuff is already a hard sell. Signal is solely for some of my tech friends who really want privacy, but donāt actually need it as itās just banter, nothing that couldnāt be said in public :/
Annoying having all three installed, but at least I donāt have FB messenger!