Readit Newsmillibar commented on Ask HN: How would you convince your friends and family to switch from WhatsApp? · Posted by u/millibar
there are plenty trying.
I think most would be targeted at business professionals that need a certain level of privacy. I don't see how a service like that could win over enough domestic users to make a dent in the market while whilst the are so many free alternatives with great features
millibar commented on Ask HN: How would you convince your friends and family to switch from WhatsApp? · Posted by u/millibar
It's very interesting that this is the 4th Anti-Whatsapp post on HN in the past 2 days.
These posts seem to get a higher than normal amount of engagement also. weird.
With 2 billion+ users worldwide, it's not surprising that Facebook's move has caused which a stir
millibar commented on Ask HN: How would you convince your friends and family to switch from WhatsApp? · Posted by u/millibar
Could a competitor with a subscription based business model sneak in and grab market share?
I very much doubt a subscription based messaging app would take a big enough share to affect Facebook.
Not to say that business can't successful make money. There must be people out there willing to pay for privacy.
millibar commented on Ask HN: How would you convince your friends and family to switch from WhatsApp? · Posted by u/millibar
Coercion? How crude and unlikely.
Everyone I know is able enough to administer their own gizmos. If someone asks, I point them to the zero config option that will require zero tech skills. Computer maintenance is mostly unskilled drudgery nowadays, not wizardry.
still wizardry for a lot of the elder generation I think
millibar commented on Ask HN: How would you convince your friends and family to switch from WhatsApp? · Posted by u/millibar
millibar commented on Ask HN: How would you convince your friends and family to switch from WhatsApp? · Posted by u/millibar
I tried asking my parents to switch to Signal, but it did not fly. They are in their 70s and are used to WhatsApp. They don't care about privacy.
My Mom yelled at me for endorsing Signal to her. She said: "All my friends are on WhatsApp. I don't want to install another app just because of one person."
Haha, this is pretty much what i expect to hear from my mum who took year to figure out how to use WhatsApp
I built a tool that lets you customise your own iOS 14 icons and download them for free.
What do you think?