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What made you choose Signal over WhatsApp (if applicable)? (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 10 hours ago by wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafe to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I am trying to convince my group to switch from WhatsApp to Signal and we plan to vote on it soon. So, I plan to use the replies in this thread to compile a list of reasons to use as talking points. Preferably, I need something that can be understood on a personal level as some of my friends are deeply cynical and have no concern about escaping techno-feudalism and surveillance.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 12 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

In favour of whatsapp:

You've already got it installed

Against whatsapp:

It's one of those tech platforms owned by and run for the benefit of evil billionaires
The source code isn't available, so nobody really knows if it's secure at all
The metadata probably all just quietly flows into the Facebook data maelstrom
It never worked properly on my android phone that doesn't have Google services
It differs from Signal only in ways that make it worse

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I'll be curious.

It never worked properly on my android phone that doesn't have Google services

Just properly or actually not at all? Currently, my android has Google services, but my WhatsApp isn't linked to any Google Account. It runs as expected. I wonder what your experience was, as I'd like to own a google free phone sometime but I don't think I'll be able to remove WhatsApp from my life unfortunately.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 9 hours ago

It was a while ago so they might've fixed it by now, but I remember the problem being that notifications didn't always come through.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I don't have it installed. Never did...

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago

What if I don't like beans?