Comment on Why you might not want to use whatsapp anymore

ProfessorFlaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Anders429@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Dang, I’m feeling pretty lucky that no one in my life uses WhatsApp. Sounds like that’s not the norm.

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  • ProfessorFlaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In europe literally everybody uses whatsapp you wont be able to do anything without it (docotrs, food delivery, literally every person like friends and familly, corona test results, company customer support, the list goes on)

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    • tad_lispy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s grossly exaggerated. I live in western Europe and never once used WhatsApp. There are very occasional frictions, like people being surprised I don’t have it. Then when I explain that it’s operated by Facebook, they are also surprised and sometimes are willing to quit themselves.

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    • n00dl3@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Friends and family, sure But in the UK nothing official is using WhatsApp. It’s all SMS or email. In which countries do companies use WhatsApp for customer support?

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  • scottywh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s not nearly as common in the US as it seems to be in many places in Europe.

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• Jujuki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not only everybody, but companies, banks and goverment instances are using it too. Some apps that sends their OTP via WhatsApp. Some companies and instances only reachable.via whatsapp bot and whatnot.

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  • ProfessorFlaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thats smth that i forgot, corona test results per whatsapp and a lot of companies also just have a whatsapp kontskt on their “kontakt us” page

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• d3Xt3r@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • ProfessorFlaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean yeah, but i would have no contacts to anyone, here in germany we literally use nothing else, contact to teachers for assignments is lost, couldnt text with my family, would have no contact to my friends etc

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    • d3Xt3r@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But what if you messaged them via SMS, would they refuse to reply back?

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      • ProfessorFlaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Idky most people dont eaven have that on their contract i think

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  • KpntAutismus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    in my immediate family (brother and parents) we use signal, but everyone else in my life still uses whatsapp. sadly the zucc has a monopolyomn messaging in europe.

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• tabular@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  For some “everyone” not talking to you is a perk.

  The people I most care for use Discord. I worry I will lose constant with most of them if I stop using that too but I’ve never tried to get other to use something else.

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