Can you easily communicate in your country (business/private life) without being involuntarily forced to use whatsapp? (lemmy.world)

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… is it possible to do any kind of business and/or have regular conversations without having to use whatsapp as a main way of communication?

If you’d like you can say in what country you’re living.

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[-] StarLuigi 5 points 1 year ago

As someone in the USA, yes. I mostly use discord to message friends and sometimes Instagram if I have to (which is just as bad as Whatsapp but everyone uses it)

I rarely use SMS anymore unless both folk have RCS chat enabled.

[-] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I cannot. Brazil is entirely dependent on WhatsApp. I'd like to drop it, but then I wouldn't be able to do a lot of things.

[-] struds@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

UK here.

Business yes. Personal communication technically possible. Personal would be really frustrating and limiting as most people would expect a more rich messaging experience than SMS allows (photos, videos, voice notes etc).

[-] Instigate@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Checking in from Australia: absolutely you can. In fact, using WhatsApp for anything other than talking with family/friends is weird. I’m in one WhatsApp group for my team at work (that I never even check) and that’s it. I’ve never seen a single business with a WhatsApp account.

It’s been very interesting travelling through India and Europe though as it’s become almost ubiquitous it seems.

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