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WhatsApp seems set on introducing ads, but they won't appear in your inbox (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Gamoc@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yeah great, then I can talk to literally nobody because I've never met a single person in my life who has signal, and now it doesn't even do texts anymore! Hooray!

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

SMS was considered a safety issue amd discontinued.

And if nobody in your friends group start talking about, nobody will get to know it.

[–] Gamoc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know it was, that's when I stopped using signal. And I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince a bunch of people to sign up for yet another app to chat in, they're not interested and don't care because WhatsApp exists.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was in your place once.

At some point I just decided I couldn't be bothered with installing junk software that rendered my low spec cellphones unusable in a very short time.

If anyone wanted to reach me they could send me an sms, email me or spend the time to properly call.

Worked like a charm to thin the herd.

[–] Gamoc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'll remember that next time I decide I have too many friends. My low spec phone works just fine with one extra app on it.

[–] bullshitter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm using it. Thinking of bringing peoples from lemmy to signal.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Signal is this weird middle ground. I would prefer it if the person already has it. But if I am to try convincing someone to at least try another messaging solution, I would rather lead them to XMPP.

Also having to use either signal-cli or Waydroid is VERY annoying, because they arbitrarily decided to screw desktop over.

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Just today I found out that usernames are available for public testing.