Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agoMeta trying to give us a hand (ads coming to WhatsApp)blog.whatsapp.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkMeta trying to give us a hand (ads coming to WhatsApp)blog.whatsapp.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
Let’s see if this finally gets people to switch. Remember to warn them about Telegram (not private and not EU friendly).
minus-squareBabalugats@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-212 hours agoRealistically, the majority of people will not switch to threema @ €5.99. It’s already extremely difficult to get people to leave WhatsApp. They’re not going to pay for it. https://european-alternatives.eu/category/instant-messaging-apps Signal isn’t EU based, but afaik not profiteering or harvesting data. EDIT: There are quite a few EU based according to this. https://alternativeto.net/software/facebook-messenger/?origin=eu https://alternativeto.net/software/whatsapp/?origin=eu
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours ago Signal isn’t EU based, but afaik not profiteering or harvesting data. If anything is gonna replace Whatsapp it’s gonna be Signal. At least going by what’s currently available.
Realistically, the majority of people will not switch to threema @ €5.99. It’s already extremely difficult to get people to leave WhatsApp. They’re not going to pay for it.
https://european-alternatives.eu/category/instant-messaging-apps
Signal isn’t EU based, but afaik not profiteering or harvesting data.
EDIT:
There are quite a few EU based according to this.
https://alternativeto.net/software/facebook-messenger/?origin=eu
https://alternativeto.net/software/whatsapp/?origin=eu
If anything is gonna replace Whatsapp it’s gonna be Signal. At least going by what’s currently available.