What app you americans use for personal conversations? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by medvedev@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Here in South Europe people mostly use Viber. Edit: I was very unaware about situation in Southern Europe as I've learned from this post... Most people in Croatia use Viber!

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[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

As a fellow American, fuck iMessage. I wish we were more like Europe in that regard.

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I've even seen technically-sophisticated adults exclude people from group conversations for not having iPhones. The resistance to using anything else is weird. I'm even willing to add to the above list if somebody has a different preference that isn't the one thing not everyone can use.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

With the Digital Market Act in the EU they’ll soon all be speaking to each other. Vestager is about to tear those messaging monopolies a new asshole!

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

That sounds good, until you realize that your data will then end up with Meta after you specifically left all of their services.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s a GDPR request away from deletion, at least in the EU (and for a while at least, the U.K.)

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I don't want them to have my data. It doesn't matter how easy it is to delete them. And basically every time someone scans their contacts I might get re-added to allow this cross functionality

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