Ask HN: Have You Quit WhatsApp?
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Im trying hard. I play sports (and my kids too) and activities are managed via WhatsApp.
I also had some professional clients add me u whatsapp groups. I actually would LOVE to get rid of those. I cant stand clients asking questions via WhatsApp. Its like task management on slack.
On one side I'd like to funnel my work tasks away from WA , on another, I need to access sports groups on WA.
Hard
I also had some professional clients add me u whatsapp groups. I actually would LOVE to get rid of those. I cant stand clients asking questions via WhatsApp. Its like task management on slack.
On one side I'd like to funnel my work tasks away from WA , on another, I need to access sports groups on WA.
Hard
I tried it and failed. I managed to convince most of the people I care about to install Signal, but not all. Also, where I live it's used for many day to day things like bookings.
What I have ended up doing is bridging WhatsApp to Matrix, and I only interact with the WhatsApp network through my Matrix client (schildi chat).
I'd love to properly leave WhatsApp, as I think giving a for profit company the monopoly of all our non-in-person communications, which is what has happened in my country, can only bring bad things to society. But for now, it stays mission impossible.
I hope the DMA can at least give me the ability to interact with businesses from outside WhatsApp
What I have ended up doing is bridging WhatsApp to Matrix, and I only interact with the WhatsApp network through my Matrix client (schildi chat).
I'd love to properly leave WhatsApp, as I think giving a for profit company the monopoly of all our non-in-person communications, which is what has happened in my country, can only bring bad things to society. But for now, it stays mission impossible.
I hope the DMA can at least give me the ability to interact with businesses from outside WhatsApp
I only use WhatsApp to communicate with my friend in a foreign country. Besides that, I use Messenger only because my friend groups are on there. I use Slack for work. Honestly I wish my friends would switch to Signal and I’d remove Messenger.
Meetups for me are usually done through Discord.
Meetups for me are usually done through Discord.
Yes
Most of my loved ones are already on signal , but most organized sports and school activities are managed via whatsapp.
I'd love to learn from what others are doing