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[–] cheese_greater 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why do people use Viber over like Signal and Threema or worst-case scenario Whatsapp?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Network effects... Once community picks the app, it ain't changing.

It pretty amazing that two years into the war this is still an issue in Ukraine especially at government/military level.

I get plebs giving fuck all due to poor understanding, the state taking this long doesn't make sense. These issues were brought from the start of the invasion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe choosing your poison? Viber belongs to the Japanese company Rakuten, so it may be more interesting geopolitically, depending on your country.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Viber is Israeli based with connection to Russian security services.