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You could try and run both
Keep whatsapp, and slowly switch contacts to Signal (it might just be close friends and family). That's what people around me are doing
My wife told me to fuck off when I installed signal on her phone π
Haha, thatβs kinda funny. Then people are like.
Just tell your friends and family to stop using iMessage. Like everyone will be ok to switch their routine just like that.
It's definitely not for everyone. For me it's
Sounds like you need some matrix bridges in your life.
It's on my list of things to explore soon π
Honestly I started looking into a few of the easier ones and its a damn process so which one am I bridging? All of them. One at a time.
I managed to convince one long distance friend a few years ago. So now I need to keep Signal just to be able to communicate with him.
It's not about converting people close to you. In some situations, you're asking them to install an app just to talk to you, while everyone else they talk to is on WhatsApp. I personally have to use WhatsApp for work and for personal, otherwise I'd literally not get those messages. There's no option when, if you stop a random person on the street, regardless of what OS their phone is running, and ask to look at their phone, it's going to have WhatsApp installed. It's like your phone having email; who the fuck doesn't have email? It's the same with Whatsapp, it's just assumed you have it.