I was on the beta testing team and have been using Beeper for a little over two years now.

The convenience of having an application to house all of your chat networks is amazing.

  • GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org
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    11 months ago

    Not “everyone” uses Whatsapp though - I deleted mine after the Cambridge Analytica scandal and I know of a few others who also did so. As far as I know Whatsapp has still never changed their T&C to pass metadata upstream to Facebook.

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      11 months ago

      This is really region dependent. In Europe (or at least the Netherlands) almost everybody with a smartphone uses Whatsapp

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        11 months ago

        Talk to anyone in latin america, you must use whatsapp. There’s no avoiding it. Some have tried Telegram a while ago, but most have reverted back to their usual whatsapp or facebook messenger. It’s crazy.

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          9 months ago

          I am in a different part of the world, and what you are saying is also true here for the older generation, while the younger one has no escape from Telegram.