• Autonomous User
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          64 months ago

          Saying it’s secure feeds their scam. At least we don’t pay for it like SMS.

          • @[email protected]
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            04 months ago

            You still pay for SMS? Wtf, what country do you live in? Most postpaid mobile plans these days only charge for data usage. In which case, your still paying to use WhatsApp.

            • @[email protected]
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              14 months ago

              Are you from the global south? Because it’s still a common thing for SMS to be chargeable in many countries. And no one should be using SMS anyway. It’s horribly insecure. At least use RCS.

              • @[email protected]
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                14 months ago

                Pretty sure you don’t pay (aka they are included) for SMS in most (and everywhere within) Europe (except Switzerland ofc…).

                • @[email protected]
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                  13 months ago

                  Yeah, that’s why I asked if they’re from the global south. Because most of the world do have to pay for SMS.

          • @[email protected]
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            -14 months ago

            I did not say it was secure, I actually spend a lot of time explaining to people that it is secure and they should switch to Signal. However, I will not tell them to go back to SMS for the reason aforementioned.

            • Autonomous User
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              4 months ago

              Saying it’s secure encrypted feeds their scam. At least we don’t pay for it like SMS.