>person A uses viber
>person B uses whatsapp
>person C uses snapchat
>person D uses instagram
>person E uses facebook
>have to install all of these in order to keep in contact
isn't there some way to have all of these within one app?
something like pidgin used to do but for android?
tell your friends stop using proprietary software
grow old and lose touch with all of them
Just stop talking to all of them as they all obviously have poor judgement. Problem solved.
>using any of these but instagram
Why
Are you trying to fuck any of these people? If not, tell them to get on IRC.
this
>but instagram
?
No, because we live in (((current year))).
Back in the day, everything used these things called protocols. These were things like XMPP, IRC, and even proprietary stuff like Bonjour or AIM. Protocols were standard things that different programs could "speak", and implement relatively easily to communicate.
Nowadays. we have "services". These are locked down, restrictive 'user experiences' that have no interoperability, do not speak their own sort of protocol, and thus it is very hard to have a pidgin of social media.
The closest thing i've seen is alternative twitter clients, but that sort of thing doesn't seem to be common.
S-stop...
over here the entire country uses whatsapp so i'm good
yeah it's zuckerberg botnet shitware but at least it's a unified platform
Android itself like pidgin and all these ((apps)) are just “plugins”, keep it simple
Brazil?
Chile
>OP is unemployed
meanwhile any workplace you are forced using lots of different communication utilities (because you cannot use Pidgin with Skype, GoTo Meeting, Slack , Zoom, and a few others I forget the names of until someone calls a meeting). All those are basically IRC copies with two extra features for people that don't know how make /join
SMS :^)
I don't even bother with anyone that can't reach me on Steam or normal texts/calls
>3/5 of these are owned by the same company
I can't be the only one bothered by this, right?
Many have tried to make services for that and they were all sued to oblivion.
This to be honest.
As far as I know, Facebook will start the unification of Messenger, Whatsapp and Instagram chat this year.
Anywhere that's not in North America
>instagram
neck yourself
Instagram isn't even good, I really want to fucking get rid of it
What are text messages on a phone
much like 95% of the news industry is controlled by 6 companies
but don't be one of those gay philosophers
this shouldn't bother you at all
:^)
Mexico uses Whatsapp
sure just text them
if they don't text back then they aren't true friends
fpbp
Don't have friends. Don't have to worry about it.
He's an heterosexual male.
*homosexual
If they are so willing to communicate on 5 different IM services and use 3 different social medias, then they can probably be convinced to install signal/wire/matrix
Although you have to consider the quality of person who either a) doesn't see anything wrong in current year using literal botnets b) is too stupid to be aware of such a thing c) too addicted to consumerism to stop
this is what happened to me, one of the best decisions I ever made sunsetting those faggots.
Riot.im has bridges to some of these. So just use Riot.im.
>snapchat
This is a whoring platform, not an instant messenger. You don't need this. Watch porn or get laid.
Thank got I'm an antisocial shell of a human being and don't have this problem.
That's only in the United States. In other countries, it's as few as one.
>have to
Look at this cuck.
Here's what you do: If people want to contact you, they have to install an additional, privacy respecting FLOSS app.
There are only two applications from your list that are used for the same purpose.
>have phone number
>"You can always call me."
Tada!
>whatsapp
>messenger
>instagram
Jewberg got you, senpai. He's getting ready to merge those messaging platforms.
>snapchat
What kind of moron uses snapchat for instant messaging?
The whole fucking developed world except the US has standardized around WhatsApp.
Not that I like the choice of WhatsApp, but yeah, the US is the only one still using SMSs
same in Romania
>normal texts
Not even my fucking grandma uses texts anymore.
Heterosexual men have sex with women. Incels stalk women on instagram.
Of all those I only have WhatsApp installed and that's because that's the one my parents use.
A moron with more than one girlfriend.
this
this
>A handful of people use line
>One person uses whatsapp
>One person uses telegram
>A dozen friends all use my private matrix server
Could be better but still feels good
>everybody uses WhatsApp
Solved.
Basically the whole Europe. People don't even know what is iMessage here, not even ifags lmao
don't communicate with people addicted to nonfree software and services
He won't have any friends left then
Should have said just "don't communicate". No one really cares about your autism, so they aren't talking to you anyway.
>Store A sells computer parts
>Store B sells food
>Store C sells phones
>Store D sells home appliances
>Store E sells car parts
>have to go to all of these in order to buy stuff
isn't there some way to have all of these within one store?
something like Amazon does but for my neighborhood?
Tell people they can contact you with GNU/Matrix/Riot.
Now they have to use additional bloat on their shitty phones, but you get to use only one.
If they dont, why would you care about them anyway?
Just tell them to text you.
What about people who don't have cell service you actual mouth breathing retard?
SMS
also I only have Snapchat installed so I can talk to qts
All of this shit goes into the normalfag work phone sandbox. Being forced to put that shit on your personal phone is another story.