Wow, imagine having to pay for dark mode.
They also stuck this dumb “My AI” bot at the top of everyone’s chat list. You have to pay to remove it.
Thank god none of my friends or relatives ever were really Snapchat users. But I’m held hostage by WhatsApp in here.
What’s the end goal? Get everyone over to Signal? So far I’ve only convinced a few to take the leap from Snapchat or Messenger.
WhatsApp is fine IMO. It’s really just an instant messanger that does about as much as any other. In terms of privacy, WhatsApp is far from bad compared with other apps. The fact that Meta own WhatsApp doesn’t really impact that too much.
Don’t know. I wish I didn’t have to have a Meta app installed on my phone.
I just try to avoid tiktok. I’d use it if it wasn’t basically Spyware, but its literally got backdoor access for an authoritarian country that keeps saber rattling. Id rather use snapchat and I definitely don’t want to use that either. Its shame.
Can we decentralize social media too?
Social media is being decentralised the same way Lemmy is. Platforms such as Friendica, Pixelfed, Mastodon, etc are all platforms for decentralised social media.
I envy you, I pulled some family members from Facebook messenger to signal when I closed my account, and while I don’t trust Meta keeping WhatsApp private, its still better than Snapchat, Messenger etc.
Oh yeah, that’s for sure. Messenger and Snapchat are more in the dark side.
I literally snorted seeing dark mode as a paid premium feature?? What other company does this lmao, truly desperate times over at Snapchat
I mean yes but, you don’t have to use it.
My close friend groups almost exclusively uses it for communication, as much as I’d love to ditch the app, I’d then miss out on vital communication, I’ve tried to onboard them to Signal or Session but they won’t budge, so I have to make do.
I feel that. I have maybe 3 friends who use Signal. The rest are spread out sms, fb, discord, etc…
Using Snapchat to actually chat sounds so frustrating.
Try Matrix. It’s a hair more complex than Signal but it has a lot more features- closer to Discord than Signal.
Beeper.com is based on it- when they finally open the registration floodgates that will probably be the one to use. It’s just Matrix (fully federated) with hosted bridges to a few popular chat networks. And that integration is enough of a ‘carrot’ to persuade a lot of people to move.Tried a matrix instance, again no one interested to move from Discord, which is another platform I’d happily never use again.
I feel your pain. I tried to move my friend group to signal. They were fine with trying it out except one guy who just refused. Since he needed to be part of us planning things everyone just ended up using fb messenger anyways
well apparently Discord is now pushing the monetize button… perhaps that will help them make the move…
Probably not. The only way monitisation would make them move is if discord forced a subscription. These are people who don’t really care about ads or data collection.
“in the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, ‘Make us your slaves, but feed us.’”
-Dostoevsky
The thing about Matrix is that you can bridge it to everything else that you want (which is what Beeper and Element One do). Then it doesn’t matter what other people use. Except Snapchat - I don’t think there’s a bridge for that.
Snapchat mod by fouad who makes GB and FMWhatsapp works flawlessly without having to sub for a snap+
Link?
This reminds me of how I have no idea what chat apps to even try to use with folks anymore. I know I personally don’t want to use any Meta products, but that’s what a majority of folks seem to use outside of texting.
Then there’s Snapchat, which kinda sorta works for chat but it’s not great since that’s only like half its focus, with the much larger half being the snap part for sharing photos & tossing together videos.
Hopefully a viable alternative will finally pop-up soon.
Signal is extremely viable got chats, voice/video calls and stories, almost 1:1 with Snapchat, only problem is no one wants to move, because theyre too comfortable with what they use, there’d need to be a mass walkaway like Reddit just had to get most people to budge.
I like Signal and use it daily, but the UX is stupid and so it will never replace Snapchat.
I’m in the same boat. It freezes and crashes all the time on my phone. Been using it for so many years now and it’s never really improved. Wish I could move all my group chats somewhere else, but there’s no chance
Thankfully Snapchat has become uncool in my generation again
