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Does anyone have or know of a simple graphic that I could share with older family members that shows “WhatsApp vs Signal” in a way that’ll help when I say “we should move to signal”.

Context: some family members are getting annoyed with issues on WhatsApp and I want to take the opportunity to get them to move.

Selçuk Bayraktar yerli Sosyal Medya Uygulaması Next Teknofest Sosyal'den sonra gelen istekler üzerine WhatsApp benzeri bir Yerli Mesajlaşma Uygulamasının da müjdesini verdi!

Selçuk bayraktar Next Sosyalde ki kısa cevabında "o da hazır, hattâ kullanıyoruz" diyerek projenin ileri deneme aşamasında olduğunun ipucunu verdi!

O da hazır, kullanıyoruz hatta...yakındır...🚀

#NextSosyal #TEKNOFESTSosyal #whatsapp

sosyal.teknofest.app/@selcukba

SosyalSelçuk Bayraktar (@selcukbayraktar@sosyal.teknofest.app)O da hazır, kullanıyoruz hatta...yakındır...🚀

Viele Nutzer*innen haben sich beschwert, daß ihnen in #WhatsApp der Meta-AI-Button im Weg ist.

#Meta hat jetzt reagiert: Ab dem mächsten Update wird der AI-Button, wie bei einigen Bildschirmschonern früher verbreitet, über den Bildschirm wandern.

Nach eigenen Untersuchungen sinke so die Wahrscheinlichkeit, daß der Button versehentlich gedrückt würde, erklärt die Pressestelle von Meta.

(für diese News liegt mir leider keine Quelle vor ;)

Meta halts political advertising in the EU due to ‘unworkable’ rules.

US social media company Meta has said it will stop all advertisement about politics, elections and social issues on its platforms in the EU as of October, due to the incoming legislation on political advertising, the EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation (TTPA).

mediafaro.org/article/20250725

Facebook and Instagram applications seen on a phone. | Copyright Richard Drew/Copyright 2021 The AP. All rights reserved
Euronews · Meta halts political advertising in the EU due to ‘unworkable’ rules.By Cynthia Kroet
#Meta#EU#Facebook

"Ask Meta AI or Search" ... well, no... just search, damn it!

Seeing this text in the WhatsApp search bar - along with the glaring Meta AI logo looming in the corner of my contacts list for weeks already - was the last drop. I am finally deleting WhatsApp (way ahead of my end-of-2025 goal).

Luckily most of my contacts already use Signal , I hope the rest will follow or switch to another non-enshittified messenger.

Meine letzte WhatsApp-Nachricht

Endlich habe ich auch meinen WhatsApp-Account gelöscht. Hier die letzte Nachricht an meine Kontakte dort:

Liebe Freunde und Kontakte!

Dies ist meine letzte Botschaft auf Whatsapp. Ich werde meinen Account dort löschen, wenn ich sie abgeschickt habe. Es ist der letzte Meta-Account, den ich noch besitzte – meine Accounts bei Facebook und Instagram habe ich schon länger gelöscht.

Der letzten Anstoß dafür, WhatsApp endlich zu verlassen, war ein Post auf Mastodon, das zusammenfasst, […]

wittenbrink.net/meine-letzte-w

wittenbrink.netMeine letzte WhatsApp-Nachricht – Lost and Found
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