How to get rid of Whatsapp? - Lemmy.ca
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Hello, It’s been a while since I started finding Whatsapp alternative, I found IRC, XMPP, Signal etc, however the thing is that I can’t convince other people to use Whatsapp, I can’t say that “ohh it’s bad for privacy” otherwise they will say “you are not a president, nobody cares about your messages”. also I don’t live in western country so I can’t just say “I don’t want to use Whatsapp” otherwise people will get mad saying “you are not a VIP, everyone uses whatsapp and you are not special”. however I found a way so that people won’t blame me for not using Whatsapp, I have to somehow get banned from Whatsapp and then when people ask “why don’t you use whatsapp” then I can say “ohh umm I don’t know it stopped working, you can find me on Signal”. that way people will be ready to install Signal to talk to me. what are your thoughts? is it even possible to get perma banned from Whatsapp?
  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    27 days ago

    Just leave and dont use it. None of my friends ever follow me but I dont stop.

  • softcat@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    27 days ago

    Would it help if you told them you think Zuck is creepy? People often have a vague creeped out feeling about Facebook, Meta, and tracking. “I was messaging about (insert) here and started seeing ads for it on all my devices” might sell it and get them on your side.

    Beyond that it’s the pain point of them installing another app to communicate with likely only you, so leaning on things they already have might work. SMS/MMS may be a viable alternative, or maybe Delta Chat if they’d be willing to share an email address.

    It’s hard to deal with the saturation levels the big chat apps have so I wouldn’t rule out having to keep WhatsApp, unfortunately.

  • mesamunefire@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    27 days ago

    The only thing that will beat free is convenience.

    If you can make it somehow more convenient to use the other alternatives, you may have more luck.

    Other than that, you may have to just bite the bullet and stop using it altogether. Be the change you want to see.

    We have had good luck with irc, XMPP, and Matrix.

  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
    2·
    27 days ago

    Install something like GBWhatsapp. Whatsapp seems to do ban waves every now and again so there’s no guarantee on the time frame you’ll get banned (it took about 4 years for them to catch up with me) but it’ll more than likely happen eventually.