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[-] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

WhatsApp's a scam, anti-libre software.

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 15 hours ago

Yes but it is still better than SMS.

[-] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Saying it's secure feeds their scam. At least we don't pay for it like SMS.

[-] pfr@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 15 hours ago

You still pay for SMS? Wtf, what country do you live in? Most postpaid mobile plans these days only charge for data usage. In which case, your still paying to use WhatsApp.

[-] teohhanhui@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Are you from the global south? Because it's still a common thing for SMS to be chargeable in many countries. And no one should be using SMS anyway. It's horribly insecure. At least use RCS.

[-] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago

Pretty sure you don't pay (aka they are included) for SMS in most (and everywhere within) Europe (except Switzerland ofc...).

[-] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)
[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 14 hours ago

I did not say it was secure, I actually spend a lot of time explaining to people that it is secure and they should switch to Signal. However, I will not tell them to go back to SMS for the reason aforementioned.

[-] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Saying it’s ~~secure~~ encrypted feeds their scam. At least we don’t pay for it like SMS.

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