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0 pointsmlboss5y ago0 comments

Everybody has different scenarios. How many of your friend/family members can reach out to you using phone.

All my family members live in a different country and there is no good medium for communication than whatsapp.

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backWardz005y ago· 3 in thread

Spike on iOS is a client that wraps email in a chat like UI if the people are free to chat real time. Not sure if it’s on Android.

There a numerous video chat sites not connected to Zoom, or FB properties

whereby, etc

I gave my family an ultimatum and being the tech savvy one they jumped to Signal

Social inertia is a thing conceptually, but it’s not gravity. It can be bent any which way

paulryanrogers5y ago

> I gave my family an ultimatum and being the tech savvy one they jumped to Signal

Not all families respond well to ultimatums.

InvertedRhodium5y ago

On that note, if my family isn't willing to install another application and spend 5 minutes wrapping their head around how to use it - well, I guess I just accurately defined the value of our relationship.

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thekyle5y ago

On Android there is an app called Delta Chat which is similar.

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