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[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 22 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

i wish i could stop using it altogether.

i hate this shitty app.

[โ€“] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Delete account and uninstall, easy as f

[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

and be incommunicable until i reinstall.

even businesses use whatsapp as their main channel here now.

[โ€“] vahalasly@feddit.uk 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I will say I thought the same, but this finally convinced me to switch to Signal. It was surprisingly easy to get friends/family to follow - takes two clicks to install the app and set it up.

[โ€“] Blaze@feddit.nl 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Have you been able to move your entire social circle? That's impressive, my personal experience is that there is always go be an odd group that you need to keep WA for (e.g. friends birthday party, local club, family discussion, etc.)

[โ€“] adbenitez@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

In my case I was not using it for family but for one club where they make announcements, anyways uninstalled it and now relay on two people of the club that also have DeltaChat and I have to ask them every time to forward me the information ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] vahalasly@feddit.uk 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It's inconvenient, but it's small steps like these that eventually bring large scale change

Proud of you man

[โ€“] vahalasly@feddit.uk 1 points 7 hours ago

I did! I recreated all the various group chats and sent the invite link. The only one I couldn't move was the work chat, so I just told them they could reach me via SMS or call ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 19 hours ago

Same. Can't leave it because of communication with family and work. It sucks that it is the de facto messaging app of so many countries