muaveriJul 23, 2023

Can you easily communicate in your country (business/private life) without being involuntarily forced to use whatsapp?

https://lemmy.world/post/2037625

Can you easily communicate in your country (business/private life) without being involuntarily forced to use whatsapp? - Lemmy.world

… is it possible to do any kind of business and/or have regular conversations without having to use whatsapp as a main way of communication? If you’d like you can say in what country you’re living.

Show threadBlamemeta
Yes? And America? Wtf kinda country forces whatsapp?
Jul 23, 2023 at 3:29pmWeb
Show threadgrteJul 23, 2023
I don’t think the implication is that the government is forcing anyone to use WhatsApp, but that in some places it controls enough share of the messaging market that people are forced to use it because that’s what everyone else is using.
Show threadroterkern70Jul 23, 2023

No one said it is forced. It ia relatable to me as I live in East Europe and all my people use WhatsApp. It really is the main way of communication.

Businesses also use WhatsApp. Like boutique or handmade good stores, to have special requests or, for anything you can name as a conversation.

We have family group in WhatsApp. Any special occasion or events, we communicate on that group.

Like, 10-15 years before, it was MSN or equivalents. It evolved to WhatsApp. Telegram, too.

Show threadtcrpzJul 23, 2023

No one said it is forced The OP uses the word forced in the title

Show threadbrimnacJul 23, 2023

Thank God we’ve kept the tradition of “not reading” the article, the comment, or the post from Reddit.

I was starting to miss that.

/s

Show threadroterkern70Jul 23, 2023
Isn’t it so cool? It keeps me motivated to argue.
Show threadTheGreenGolemJul 24, 2023
Yeah, like context and reading comprehension. Are we still doing that?
Show threadsmallaubergineJul 23, 2023
Yeah but one can infer that it's not a literal governmental force but a societal force
Show threadroterkern70Jul 23, 2023
I instantly edited my comment when I re-read the title to check if op actually said “forced”. Thanks for reading my full comment.