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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she’s not a fan of “green texts on iPhones” and that it’s “time to break up Apple’s smartphone monopoly,” but statistics show the tech giant doesn’t have exclusive c…
How will you move to WhatsApp if everyone else uses iMessage? Europe has the same issue, but reversed. Everyone uses WhatsApp and can’t jump to Signal/Telegram because they’re not as popular.
As a non-American stuck with a terrible dual Whatsapp setup I can’t kill due to network effects, this is true.
The counterargument is that any one platform will have this issue, so you’d need full interoperability. Except in direct messaging full interoperability is a bit of a security issue.
How will you move to WhatsApp if everyone else uses iMessage? Europe has the same issue, but reversed. Everyone uses WhatsApp and can’t jump to Signal/Telegram because they’re not as popular.
As a non-American stuck with a terrible dual Whatsapp setup I can’t kill due to network effects, this is true.
The counterargument is that any one platform will have this issue, so you’d need full interoperability. Except in direct messaging full interoperability is a bit of a security issue.
Don’t jump to Telegram. It sucks.
WhatsApp sucks too, but at least it’s protected from hooligans. Unlike Telegram.
From state surveillance viewpoint both suck.