fer0n@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoWhatsApp head confirms ads in the messaging app are still in the workswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down10
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minus-squaresoulfirethewolf@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoUgh and I just got my dad to use it instead of SMS (No he will not use Signal)
minus-squareKidDogDad@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoCan I ask why he wouldn’t use Signal?
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoDelete your WhatsApp, block your SMS and if he wants to talk with you, he will use Signal.
minus-squarelol3droflxp@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoMaybe he will switch even quicker if you punch him or pull his teeth out.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell, not sure, honestly, might also stop him from speaking with you. Regardless of the outcome I don’t really recommend violence, but you do you 🤷
minus-squarejanguv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoNot the method of a narcissist or manipulator at all, that.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNope, just a method of someone who values his privacy. I’ve done this and I’m quite happy with the result. Sure, I’ve lost a person or two, but that’s an acceptable price for not giving Meta data it does not need.
Ugh and I just got my dad to use it instead of SMS
(No he will not use Signal)
Can I ask why he wouldn’t use Signal?
Delete your WhatsApp, block your SMS and if he wants to talk with you, he will use Signal.
Maybe he will switch even quicker if you punch him or pull his teeth out.
Well, not sure, honestly, might also stop him from speaking with you. Regardless of the outcome I don’t really recommend violence, but you do you 🤷
Not the method of a narcissist or manipulator at all, that.
Nope, just a method of someone who values his privacy. I’ve done this and I’m quite happy with the result. Sure, I’ve lost a person or two, but that’s an acceptable price for not giving Meta data it does not need.