Hi friends,

I’m new to Lemmy but I think I like where it is heading in general. I would like to ask, do you have any specific apps used for ?

As a community that seems more focused on decentralized platforms, I thought this could spike up an interesting discussion

I have been using mainly Viber and FB messenger. I did try to convince friends and family to move over to simpleXchat, as it seems the most privacy focused alternative I have found, but basically failed.

I would love to hear your input!

  • phluko@lemmy.ml
    221·
    2 years ago

    I use Signal kinda exclusively. Managed to migrate my friends and family away from WhatsApp a few years back (I am living in Europe).

      • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 years ago

        To be real, getting someone to change their habit is near impossible and when that happens, just send them SMS.

      • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.mlEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        The way I did it was getting rid of the apps I no longer wanted on my phone. This forced people to send text messages. If they try sending a good pic/video it would obviously fail. Their only option was usually something more difficult than just installing Signal. I don’t provide Whatsapp as an alternative. I did lose some contacts, but close friends/family will obviously opt for the better messaging experience compared to default SMS.

    • tubbadu@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      Managed to migrate my friends and family away from WhatsApp

      Please tell my how I beg you

      • jonuno@lemmy.ml
        6·
        2 years ago
        1. Uninstall WhatsApp
        2. Family+friends will get notification that you left in every group you were in, and lose their shit. They will call you asking wtf is happening
        3. Try to calm the waters by telling them you found out Meta is a bad company and you don’t want to participate it
        4. Get confusing looks and asked wtf is wrong with you
        5. Try to divert the complexity of the subject by mentioning that they can just download Signal and reach you there
        6. Get scoffed and manage to get one or two nearest friends on your Signal app
        7. Still get contacted by everyone’s else on whatsapp and by your grandmother on FB messenger , although you ain’t there
        8. Sucessfully managed to keep your 2 contacts on Signal and even see it growing to 4 over a year.
        9. Wait till Signal fucks up, delete it, install SimpleX, start over again