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[-] ben_dover@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

while i see where you're coming from, being able to message WhatsApp users from a client app that respects privacy would be better than being forced to have WhatsApp installed on your device, with it snooping casually on your everyday device usage and your contact list and so on.

WhatsApp is the only Facebook app on my phone and i'd love to get rid of it without losing the ability to message all those buffons using it (which make up for 99% of my social circle)

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

BTW, you can somewhat mitigate the spyware by using Shelter.

[-] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Exactly. Let us choose if we want to interact with WhatsApp or not.

I’d be ready to sacrifice some security in order to not have WhatsApp installed on my phone.

Of course it would be cool to just get rid of WhatsApp but I can’t force my whole basketball team to go on Threema..

[-] zecg@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

while i see where you're coming from, being able to message WhatsApp users from a client app that respects privacy would be better than being forced to have WhatsApp installed on your device

Who's forcing you? I removed everything Zuckerberg and just informed people I use only Signal now. I had to help my parents a bit with the install and the pin, younger than 70s did it themselves. I found that, if you have a reason for boycotting, people will just give you a hundred MB of their phone space and install Signal along with whatsapp

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