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Until you provide an easy solution for grandparents to watch their grandkids grow up, meta will have a captive generation and a half.
Group chats? They've replaced almost everything I used to use Facebook for.
Most of my immediate family just does sms group chats. I don't keep up with the extended family, seeing them every other holiday is enough
Meta owns WhatsApp.
SimpleX and Matrix are great alternatives.
Friendica lets you link your Matrix account.
Can you link your WhatsApp account to these though? I'm not going around trying to persuade everyone to get off WhatsApp. I'd be better off just using RCS.
True, but there are plenty of alternatives waiting in the wings the moment they try and fill it with ads
Snapchat and frequently updated Frameo picture frames seems to the go-to my cousins use to keep my grandmother updated about her great-grandchildren.
Posting public images of your children certainly got an icky feeling over here. At least after there was a push in media to make parents conscious about potential privacy infringement it may be for the child.
Grandparents watched their kids grow up for thousands of years before social media. I think there are clearly other ways....jesus people.