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		kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full s... > then you're not living in a country where the vast majority of communications are done on WhatsApp or Signal I live in the USA and use Signal for, like, 3 friends that I also can call or text, and I've never used WhatsApp in my life. So, if you live in the USA, you can absolutely get by without those two. But there are likely other apps that would be more difficult to do without. Not impossible, mind you, just more effort.

palata 2 days ago [–]

I tell you that if you live in a country where most communications happen on WhatsApp or Signal, then it's difficult not to use WhatsApp or Signal.

And your answer is to give me an example of a country that is irrelevant to my point? How does that help?

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