Comment on WhatsApp is working on video and voice calls on the web

underline960@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• jamescrakemerani@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The problem we have is trying to get our friends to jump ship to a new alternative. Pretty much any barrier, even small, prevents people from doing this because they already have a working app that does what they need.

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  • zecg@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    trying to get our friends to jump ship to a new alternative

    People keep saying this, but the problem is even those who know better keep Whatsapp installed alongside Signal. Trying means leaving Zuckerberg’s messenger and notifying your friends you’re only on Signal from now on. I did that and even my pre-boomer parents now use Signal.

    they already have a working app that does what they need.

    Not if they need to contact me.

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    • jamescrakemerani@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hmm perhaps I should try this then.

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    • Aufgehtsabgehts@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Worked well for me. Although all the people I care about had already Signal, Element or Threema installed, so I am not a great pull factor.

      And those everyday moms from child care or from wherever can reach me via SMS, for the two messages/year.

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    • voracread@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      WhatsApp has some conveniences for me such as easy access to data. As far as I know most messengers hide data in some private location and allow limited access with great difficulty. Last I checked to save media from a chat I had to go to each media and select export manually.

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• who@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Matrix is slowly getting there.

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  • Link@rentadrunk.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They need to combat the insane spam problem before they can truly take off.

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    • who@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In the past 5 years of using Matrix, I have received exactly 2 direct spam messages, and seen maybe 5-10 in public rooms. (There have been none in my private chats, of course.) If you’re seeing much more, I guess it must depend on how you use it and what rooms you join.

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• lipilee@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  or that signal had a web client

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  • toastmeister@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Its an electron app, how hard can it even be?

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• Ste41th@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ngl I’m becoming successful at convincing people I meet to message me on signal if they ever need me and I’m not there

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• evident5051@lemm.ee [bot] ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As a user of both iOS and Android, that would greatly inconvenience me due to the lack of multi-device compatibility.

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  • underline960@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure Matrix has both iOS and Android clients.

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    • who@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yep. A bunch of them.

      GP’s complaint must have been about Signal.

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    • evident5051@lemm.ee [bot] ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh I was referring to Signal 😅

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