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Thankfully Snapchat has become uncool in my generation again

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Hopefully a viable alternative will finally pop-up soon.

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Signal is extremely viable got chats, voice/video calls and stories, almost 1:1 with Snapchat, only problem is no one wants to move, because theyre too comfortable with what they use, there’d need to be a mass walkaway like Reddit just had to get most people to budge.

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I like Signal and use it daily, but the UX is stupid and so it will never replace Snapchat.

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I literally snorted seeing dark mode as a paid premium feature?? What other company does this lmao, truly desperate times over at Snapchat

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Thank god none of my friends or relatives ever were really Snapchat users. But I’m held hostage by WhatsApp in here.

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What’s the end goal? Get everyone over to Signal? So far I’ve only convinced a few to take the leap from Snapchat or Messenger.

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WhatsApp is fine IMO. It’s really just an instant messanger that does about as much as any other. In terms of privacy, WhatsApp is far from bad compared with other apps. The fact that Meta own WhatsApp doesn’t really impact that too much.

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Don’t know. I wish I didn’t have to have a Meta app installed on my phone.

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I just try to avoid tiktok. I’d use it if it wasn’t basically Spyware, but its literally got backdoor access for an authoritarian country that keeps saber rattling. Id rather use snapchat and I definitely don’t want to use that either. Its shame.

Can we decentralize social media too?

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Social media is being decentralised the same way Lemmy is. Platforms such as Friendica, Pixelfed, Mastodon, etc are all platforms for decentralised social media.

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I envy you, I pulled some family members from Facebook messenger to signal when I closed my account, and while I don’t trust Meta keeping WhatsApp private, its still better than Snapchat, Messenger etc.

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Oh yeah, that’s for sure. Messenger and Snapchat are more in the dark side.

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Wow, imagine having to pay for dark mode.

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They also stuck this dumb “My AI” bot at the top of everyone’s chat list. You have to pay to remove it.

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