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Refusing to use Signal: "I have too many messaging apps" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not sure if any of you have encountered the same resistance to using Signal. Some of my cousins refused to use Signal because they are already using "too many chat apps" (e.g. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Telegram, Line, Snapchat, etc.). To them, Signal will just be another chat app among their numerous other chat apps. I understand that jumping between so many messaging apps imposes some kind of cognitive and maintenance burden. What are some ways to convince such people to use Signal?

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

Basically, supporting SMS and MMS didn't align with their commitment to privacy and security.

https://signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/

[–] Tangent5280 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's kind of sad, but I suppose they have a point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, a bad one - a hyper-secire app that no one uses doesn't exactly advance secure communications. That plus wasting dev hours on stories are the dumbest moves I've seen the org take and sure enough, all my friends who really only used signal for a few group chats dropped it all together with the SMS change.