Hello,
It’s been a while since I started finding Whatsapp alternative, I found IRC, XMPP, Signal etc, however the thing is that I can’t convince other people to use Whatsapp, I can’t say that “ohh it’s bad for privacy” otherwise they will say “you are not a president, nobody cares about your messages”. also I don’t live in western country so I can’t just say “I don’t want to use Whatsapp” otherwise people will get mad saying “you are not a VIP, everyone uses whatsapp and you are not special”.
however I found a way so that people won’t blame me for not using Whatsapp, I have to somehow get banned from Whatsapp and then when people ask “why don’t you use whatsapp” then I can say “ohh umm I don’t know it stopped working, you can find me on Signal”. that way people will be ready to install Signal to talk to me.
what are your thoughts? is it even possible to get perma banned from Whatsapp?
“if you have nothing to hide…” Is just another fascist talking point. Your friends are repeating the propoganda.
yes, I agree, however if I can show them that Whatsapp is not letting me create an account they will be more sympathetic to me and would use Signal or any other privacy focused alternatives. but to achive that I have to make Whatsapp to not let me create an account.