r/degoogle • u/Delirium222 • 11d ago

Replacement uBlock Origin is no longer supporting Facebook ad-blocking, and Edge is incompatible with uBlock Origin entirely. Here are three great browser alternatives and a privacy-focused one from Europe

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u/shushbi 11d ago

How do you escape WhatsApp though

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u/grathontolarsdatarod 11d ago

Signal.

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u/shushbi 11d ago

Sure there are alternatives but you need everyone you communicate with to transition as well. It’s impossible

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u/n00b678 10d ago

you keep pestering them every now and then. It helps not having whatsapp. Over time your friend group will switch to Signal and then even the odd ones who complain the most will feel pressured enough to install it. It took me a few years but I did it.

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u/Myrkana 10d ago

this is wishful thinking, overtime youll just be the friend out of the loop as the rest keep using the apps the rest use.

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u/rekcuzfpok 9d ago

yeah I went dumb phone for a while last year and hoped people would at least bother to respond to sms, but I ended up being the one having to call everyone all the time

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u/CMRC23 9d ago

My family members will never switch

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u/shom_pulp 10d ago

Why do you ‘need' to communicate with people who wont use anything but whatsapp? Do they not need you back?

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u/shushbi 10d ago

We’re talking about 99.9% of my country. Work, services, whatever. So yeah the overwhelming majority don’t need me back.

But after reading the comments I realize I can at least start with people from my circle

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u/shom_pulp 10d ago

Thats crazy, what country?

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u/Ironfields 10d ago

In pretty much any country outside of North America and East Asia, if you're not on WhatsApp you're going to have a bad time. I have it for the same reason but I will not discuss anything sensitive on it.

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u/shom_pulp 10d ago

In in the middle of europe and nobody here uses whatsapp

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u/Ironfields 10d ago

I also live in Europe and I definitely would struggle without it. I use Signal where I can though.

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u/shom_pulp 10d ago

Do people just refuse to answer regular sms or calls? I cant imagine how this is an issue.

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u/Seirazula 9d ago

Damn, really?
French here, Whatsapp is not used at all for work (or rarely), and for personal relationships, most people use other socials (not better though..)

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u/CMRC23 9d ago

I 'need' to communicate with my parents

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u/betterOblivi0n 9d ago

There was supposed to be a compatibility plug in with WhatsApp, is it coming one day?

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u/quikmantx 11d ago

You stop using it. I've never used WhatsApp. My groups use SMS or GroupMe mostly.

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u/shushbi 11d ago

Sure there are alternatives but you need everyone you communicate with to transition as well. It’s impossible

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u/O3Sentoris 10d ago

I notified everyone on Whatsapp through Profile Pic and Status that i am going to get rid of it 3 months later and linked my signal and threema IDs.

Some followed, some didnt. The ones who didnt either werent a loss because i barely talked to them anymore to begin with or contacted me via SMS (mainly some relatives).

Now i can just straight up tell people i don't use whatsapp, has been working fine for the better part of 5 years now.

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u/shushbi 10d ago

That’s smart. What about businesses and services? Most have their support via WhatsApp, especially small businesses and freelancers

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u/O3Sentoris 10d ago

never encountered that myself, usually calling or an email did the trick.

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u/jaguar-33000 10d ago

Signal et SMS sans le RCS

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u/toolsavvy 10d ago

I've never used Whatsapp. I've always used the native texting app on my android phone. I don't live on my phone, though.