Wow, imagine having to pay for dark mode.
Thank god none of my friends or relatives ever were really Snapchat users. But I’m held hostage by WhatsApp in here.
I envy you, I pulled some family members from Facebook messenger to signal when I closed my account, and while I don’t trust Meta keeping WhatsApp private, its still better than Snapchat, Messenger etc.
Oh yeah, that’s for sure. Messenger and Snapchat are more in the dark side.
I mean yes but, you don’t have to use it.
My close friend groups almost exclusively uses it for communication, as much as I’d love to ditch the app, I’d then miss out on vital communication, I’ve tried to onboard them to Signal or Session but they won’t budge, so I have to make do.
Try Matrix. It’s a hair more complex than Signal but it has a lot more features- closer to Discord than Signal.
Beeper.com is based on it- when they finally open the registration floodgates that will probably be the one to use. It’s just Matrix (fully federated) with hosted bridges to a few popular chat networks. And that integration is enough of a ‘carrot’ to persuade a lot of people to move.Tried a matrix instance, again no one interested to move from Discord, which is another platform I’d happily never use again.
well apparently Discord is now pushing the monetize button… perhaps that will help them make the move…
Probably not. The only way monitisation would make them move is if discord forced a subscription. These are people who don’t really care about ads or data collection.
“in the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, ‘Make us your slaves, but feed us.’”
-Dostoevsky
I’m in the same boat. It freezes and crashes all the time on my phone. Been using it for so many years now and it’s never really improved. Wish I could move all my group chats somewhere else, but there’s no chance
