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Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon) by nobody9999 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:47PM (#33183945)
>You need WhatsApp anyway, you’ll have several apps whatever you do.

Do I? Not being snarky here, I just really don't understand why I need WhatsApp.

No one I know uses WhatsApp to communicate with me. No business I deal with uses WhatsApp to communicate with me.

In fact, I'm not sure what value WhatsApp provides as I've never used it.

I'd appreciate it if you'd elucidate on your point. Mostly because if you're correct, I'm obviously missing something extremely important.

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Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon) by dontlaugh on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:12PM (#33184307)
I suppose it depends where you are. I’m in Europe.

Almost everyone I message with defaults to WhatsApp, or even insists on it. A few also have Signal or Facebook Messenger or iMessage.

SMS is only for notifications and such. Even some businesses default to WhatsApp.

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Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon) by aidenn0 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:02PM (#33184161)
My understanding is that in many places outside the US it's near-universal. I've never used it myself either.
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