@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoWhatsApp seems set on introducing ads, but they won't appear in your inboxwww.androidpolice.commessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down18
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkWhatsApp seems set on introducing ads, but they won't appear in your inboxwww.androidpolice.com@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoSMS was considered a safety issue amd discontinued. And if nobody in your friends group start talking about, nobody will get to know it.
minus-square@Gamoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoI know it was, that’s when I stopped using signal. And I’m not going to waste my time trying to convince a bunch of people to sign up for yet another app to chat in, they’re not interested and don’t care because WhatsApp exists.
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilinkEnglish0•8 months agoI was in your place once. At some point I just decided I couldn’t be bothered with installing junk software that rendered my low spec cellphones unusable in a very short time. If anyone wanted to reach me they could send me an sms, email me or spend the time to properly call. Worked like a charm to thin the herd.
minus-square@Gamoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoI’ll remember that next time I decide I have too many friends. My low spec phone works just fine with one extra app on it.
SMS was considered a safety issue amd discontinued.
And if nobody in your friends group start talking about, nobody will get to know it.
I know it was, that’s when I stopped using signal. And I’m not going to waste my time trying to convince a bunch of people to sign up for yet another app to chat in, they’re not interested and don’t care because WhatsApp exists.
I was in your place once.
At some point I just decided I couldn’t be bothered with installing junk software that rendered my low spec cellphones unusable in a very short time.
If anyone wanted to reach me they could send me an sms, email me or spend the time to properly call.
Worked like a charm to thin the herd.
I’ll remember that next time I decide I have too many friends. My low spec phone works just fine with one extra app on it.