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Alot of my friends use Snapchat for messaging but it's really annoying needing to laggily enable the camera every time the app opens. Anyone know a way to make it think it has the camera on but not actually or something? (if you just revoke the camera permission it stops you from using the app entirely)

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Convert your friends over to Signal. Let Snapchat harvest somebody else's personal data.

[–] MargotRobbie 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Signal also did something that angered its userbase by removing SMS support, so now it's harder than ever to try to convert people to Signal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't you just use your normal SMS app?

Do you understand the reasoning for the removal?

[–] MargotRobbie 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, but it's easier to sell Signal to tech illiterate family members if I tell them "It's a new text app that lets you talk with people with both Android and Iphone" instead of having them groan "Oh no it's another messaging app I have to install".

[–] FiendishFork 2 points 1 year ago

Several of my family members quit Signal after they got rid of SMS, I understand the logic behind the change but now I only have a couple of people that still use it.

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

I saw that, really unfortunate too. And now with the creator leaving signal entirely I don't see it getting better on that front.

There are a handful of other options out there, but good luck getting more than a small percentage of your contacts to switch to it.

[–] slinky317 1 points 1 year ago

Eh, they had their reasons for that and I think it made sense. I just wish more people used it in general.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The only correct answer. You also have disappearing messages on Signal