My family in the U.S uses Viber. We switched when hangouts was originally going to be axed. Tried to get everyone on Signal but was told it wasn't as friendly for the elderly family.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, whatsapp isn't ideal and its owner is one of the big devils of today, but it's the only way to send and receive instant messages among billions of people. I despise it, but it's the only way I can contact people. Needless to say, they don't give a single flying fuck about privacy.

Whatsapp outages make people migrate to Telegram for 1-2 days at most, nobody ends up staying there. Signal? I've only ever met three other people in RL who have even heard of it, and I work in IT.

A more apt comparison would be to languages. Whatsapp is english: clunky, weird, full of nonsense, but it's what "everyone talks". Signal would probably be lojban or esperanto.

[–] debil@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a Signal user and an Esperantist I agree. They both require a somewhat curious mind for you to bump into them in the first place. Unless you have that friend/relative who always recommends weird stuff for you (to ignore).

[–] ximtor@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Why would it even be weird or anything? I only use Signal and its pretty much the same as whatsapp on the outside...just in blue. The only reason people dont use it is because "eVerYonE hAs WhAtsApP" and they dont bother. 20 useless crap apps but 2 messengers is too much

[–] blueskiesoc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

Here, use this:

calvin from Calvin and Hobbes cartoon sits smiling behind an upturned box used as a desk. His arms are outstretched on the box top with fingers interlaced in a way that makes him looks expectant of customers. Text on box removed by me.