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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by mlboss on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:01PM (#25664652)
Everybody has different scenarios. How many of your friend/family members can reach out to you using phone.

All my family members live in a different country and there is no good medium for communication than whatsapp.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by backWardz00 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:07PM (#25664734)
https://protonmail.com/

Spike on iOS is a client that wraps email in a chat like UI if the people are free to chat real time. Not sure if it’s on Android.

There a numerous video chat sites not connected to Zoom, or FB properties

whereby, etc

I gave my family an ultimatum and being the tech savvy one they jumped to Signal

Social inertia is a thing conceptually, but it’s not gravity. It can be bent any which way

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by paulryanrogers on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:22PM (#25665004)
> I gave my family an ultimatum and being the tech savvy one they jumped to Signal

Not all families respond well to ultimatums.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by InvertedRhodium on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @09:29PM (#25666553)
On that note, if my family isn't willing to install another application and spend 5 minutes wrapping their head around how to use it - well, I guess I just accurately defined the value of our relationship.
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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by paulryanrogers on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @10:06PM (#25666782)
From their point of view it may appear you value your communication preferences more than the relationship
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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by BeetleB on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:23PM (#25667259)
> well, I guess I just accurately defined the value of our relationship.

While that is true, what you have not accurately determined is why that value is low, and how much of that is your doing vs theirs.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by thekyle on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @08:11PM (#25665837)
On Android there is an app called Delta Chat which is similar.
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