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

… 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.

  • Evelyn
    5·
    1 year ago

    As someone in the USA, yes. I mostly use discord to message friends and sometimes Instagram if I have to (which is just as bad as Whatsapp but everyone uses it)

    I rarely use SMS anymore unless both folk have RCS chat enabled.

  • baduhai@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    1 year ago

    I cannot. Brazil is entirely dependent on WhatsApp. I’d like to drop it, but then I wouldn’t be able to do a lot of things.

  • struds@sopuli.xyzB
    1·
    1 year ago

    UK here.

    Business yes. Personal communication technically possible. Personal would be really frustrating and limiting as most people would expect a more rich messaging experience than SMS allows (photos, videos, voice notes etc).

  • Instigate@aussie.zone
    1·
    1 year ago

    Checking in from Australia: absolutely you can. In fact, using WhatsApp for anything other than talking with family/friends is weird. I’m in one WhatsApp group for my team at work (that I never even check) and that’s it. I’ve never seen a single business with a WhatsApp account.

    It’s been very interesting travelling through India and Europe though as it’s become almost ubiquitous it seems.