>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...