Literally me this evening.
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The we’re not criminals argument is so tiring. I think I was able to convince my friend to use Simplex. We’ll see
I have been trying to get people out of the Google + Whatsapp trap literally for a decade. Absolutely all of my family and friends keep using Gmail and Whatsapp exclusively. They're completely incapable of getting out.
Some have Telegram too because somehow it's become some sort of news channel, but that's all they use it for, not for messaging.
It feels like an uphill battle to try and get them off those services