I left WhatsApp and convinced my entire circle to switch to Telegram, it may not be matrix or signal and it may not have end-to-end encryption but it’s a beginning.
Here in Germany in my circle (which has people from mid-twenties to 60+, from the North to the center), most people use Signal, with Telegram being a rare outlier. WhatsApp is what everyone uses, though.
Every single person I know or meet uses WhatsApp. About 90% of the businesses I interact with use WhatsApp Businesses. My whole family uses WhatsApp.
Moving to another system is going to take a lot a lot of work.
Say it with me… M O N O P O L Y
In business there isn’t a monopoly just yet teams and slack are way more common
I left WhatsApp and convinced my entire circle to switch to Telegram, it may not be matrix or signal and it may not have end-to-end encryption but it’s a beginning.
Here in Germany in my circle (which has people from mid-twenties to 60+, from the North to the center), most people use Signal, with Telegram being a rare outlier. WhatsApp is what everyone uses, though.