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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd love to switch to Signal and I do have 1 contact there. Everyone else uses FB or whatsapp and just doesn't care. What am I supposed to do?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What am I supposed to do?

Decide if your privacy is more important than their convenience and your feelings of FOMO.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, but if I need to contact a friend or family. How am I supposed to do it without affecting privacy? If the other person doesn't use Signal or else.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly, go back to sms. It is the least worst option compared to FB.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly. When FB announced their metadata harvesting plans for WhatsApp, I decided I didn't want to be part of the problem and deleted my account. You can't make people quit a platform by whining about it. I'm on signal, telegram and good ol' SMS if they want to reach me or vice versa.