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651 points openchampagne | 4 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 1.146s | source
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kimi ◴[04 Feb 25 16:43 UTC] No.42934798[source]▶
What's wrong with "create a Whatsapp group and invite all your friends there, and if they don't care they just mute/leave"?
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1. duxup ◴[04 Feb 25 16:44 UTC] No.42934830[source]▶
For me it would be ... I don't use Whatsapp and I don't know many who do.

Can I send invites from Whatsapp and get responses from people who don't use it?

Honestly I've never received one.

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2. frizlab ◴[04 Feb 25 16:57 UTC] No.42935125[source]▶
I’m in the EU, don’t use whatsapp but know a sh*tton of people around me do. It annoys me greatly and I truly hope I’ll be able to move them away little by little now that RCS is here.
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3. dismalaf ◴[04 Feb 25 20:54 UTC] No.42938496[source]▶
Annoys you why? Signing up just requires a phone number... It's the least invasive of all the social network type things. Also RCS hasn't been widespread until recently, WhatsApp has been around for over a decade.
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4. frizlab ◴[05 Feb 25 08:16 UTC] No.42945554{3}[source]▶
I do not want to use multiple apps for chat, first, and I especially do not want to use anything from Meta. I know it’s E2E encrypted, but they still get to know who I’m talking to and how often, and other metadata. I don’t want that.