• 211@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    16 minutes ago

    None has moved completely, but two family members and one friend have installed Signal to chat with me. Contacts are ok, people know I don’t have WhatsApp and use SMS in stead, but social neighborhood/hobby/association groups won’t move and it often leaves me out of the loop unless they remember to toss an email.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
    2·
    9 minutes ago

    100% (of zero, but still). Japan uses LINE primarily which has its own issues, but no one is moving particularly with integrated payment processing and native-level japanese support.

  • Waldelfe@feddit.org
    2·
    1 hour ago

    Unfortunately I have just one contact who is actively using signal :(. Everybody else is on Whatsapp.

  • theblips@lemm.ee
    4·
    15 hours ago

    It’s trending backwards tbh. Last year I got most of my friends to use Signal, but they for some reason uninstalled en masse this month

    • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
      4·
      14 hours ago

      WhatsApp has actively been saying it uses the Signal protocol and that they cannot read your messages, the files you send or listen on your calls. It does that on its own Status feature, its blog, channel and even website ads (which worked on tech-illiterate people that can’t use an adblocker)

      At least in the Netherlands, it’s very actively pushing a “You don’t need Signal, just us” message.

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
    2·
    14 hours ago

    My work is on WhatsApp using several groups to manage info, my landlord set up a WA group and every tenant is required to be in it, my extended family communicates everything through WA groups, my friends and direct family were on Telegram because of me but then Durov’s arrest happened and I don’t think I can convince them again, I’m cooked LMAO

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    3·
    15 hours ago

    I don’t use Google products or services so I have iMessage (along with many of my friends) but oodles of us use signal instead. I’ve never used Facebook messenger or WhatsApp, I won’t touch Facebook services.

  • Burnoutdv@feddit.orgEnglish
    19·
    24 hours ago

    To my surprise, through recent events, a long standing friend group chat migrated from wa to signal, sure, thats only 7 people but 5 of them installed signal for it which is quite the big step

    • TacticalCheddar@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      16 hours ago

      Yeah, it’s tough work to get people to change. So far I managed to convince my family and a buddy of mine to get Signal and they only did it so they can communicate with me after I told them I won’t be using Whatsapp. The vast majority of people told me it’s too much of a bother to switch. They know where to find me anyway.

      I gave up on the ideea of convincing people to ditch Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok. It’s a lost cause.

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    201·
    1 day ago

    It’s not popular in Australia. We mostly still use traditional sms/text. My friends in .uk and .nl complain that I don’t have whatsapp but I retort with complaints that they don’t use signal.

  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
    12·
    1 day ago

    I have like 10 contacts in Signal and 3 in threema, none of which are close friends or family. Everyone still uses whatsapp. I think it would take something like a big security breach for people to switch. Just the prospect of having your personal data stolen and supporting fascist enablers doesn’t seem to be enough.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    11·
    1 day ago

    I did the switch a long time ago, but most people I know still use WhatsApp, even if they use Signal just to talk to me. Actually, I don’t think there’s a single person I know who just has Signal.

    Some people just recently found out that WhatsApp belongs to Facebook and were floored. But not enough to get rid of it. There’s even a friend of a friend who refuses to install Signal - even in this political climate, despite being a vocal critic of the USA. Some people are just hypocrites.