• just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Well if you tell them you are using Signal and they adopt it, you sure can.

    What is your imaginary boundary here where Telegram makes this easier somehow?

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      5 days ago

      The problem is not that I’m not using signal (I am), its that I also have to use telegram and\or whatsapp if I want to contact anyone without sending them an sms, or a pigeon.

      So all this bloat still affects me, whether I “just use signal” or not.

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        5 days ago

        I’m not sure what part of the world you’re in, so maybe there is a societal difference here, but last I checked, if you’re running a business, it’s not only run on chat apps. There are other venues to contact businesses to schedule things…

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          5 days ago

          Central Asia, businesses here do not have websites. They put a listing on aggregators with a phone number and may be an instagram account.

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              4 days ago

              And make a call like a psycho? No thanks, Telegram it is (actually OP here is quite lucky, in my town it would be WhatsApp or Messenger only…).

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              5 days ago

              Sure, if I want to pay per message/call. I could also hire a butler to do all my chores for me, alas I am not a Swedish royalty.