I put it in quote marks. Obviously I’m not actually forced to use it, but my entire family uses it and it’s the dominant messaging platform in Indonesia - to the point where people get annoyed with you if you send regular SMS or just end up replying to you on WhatsApp. A lot of businesses large and small also exclusively use it, so you’re causing yourself a lot of annoyance if you actively avoid WhatsApp. It’s a crap situation, but it’s reality in some countries.
Where are you guys running into this? I thought for the most part tech people dropped anything associated with meta
Some people are ‘forced’ to use WhatsApp due to it being the messaging platform of choice for a lot of people.
Oh gotcha, I kinda forgot that was under the meta umbrella
You’re not forced to see anything.
I put it in quote marks. Obviously I’m not actually forced to use it, but my entire family uses it and it’s the dominant messaging platform in Indonesia - to the point where people get annoyed with you if you send regular SMS or just end up replying to you on WhatsApp. A lot of businesses large and small also exclusively use it, so you’re causing yourself a lot of annoyance if you actively avoid WhatsApp. It’s a crap situation, but it’s reality in some countries.
For me it’s WhatsApp because it’s the defacto group messaging choice
Don’t throw all of us under that bus, please and thanks
Since it’s what everyone else uses, it’s what I need to use. Good luck getting everyone to switch to another app
Well, see? That’s what I was on about. It may be what everyone you know uses, but it’s not what everyone I know uses.
But for sure - getting people to switch messengers seems like forcing them to take on a new religion. Not something I’d ever want to force on anyone