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How to get friends to switch over? (lemm.ee)
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I've recently discovered element and revolt as alternatives for discord and Snapchat. We mainly use Snapchat for text chat so not being able to send snaps is not a deal-breaker. It's quite difficult to get people to switch over to something else because they know their current service and "it just works". Snapchat for android is terrible and some of my friends agree so I wouldn't say that "It just works". I need some tips as to how to convince them to switch. Thanks in advance :-)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Revolt looked rather promising even though I had never heard of it. I wanted try it and downloaded their app. I was very surprised to learn they require Google Play (services) to function and that alone is big red flag to me.. As well as Microsoft Store? There's a GitHub page linked to it, but the fact that they recommend MS Store creeps me out

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There is a version on F Droid that doesn't need GPS. If you're talking about desktop, on linux it doesn't require anything else.

[–] Fiivemacs 1 points 3 days ago

Yes, but their recommendations are still Google and Microsoft at the end of the day. Once you're hooked, the freedoms get restricted then you feel trapped again.