• Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip
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    20 hours ago

    How do you leave when your friends, family and coworkers are all on iMessage and refuse to use anything cross platform

    “Hey, since I don’t want to use apple devices anymore because the company sucks, I’ve decided to ditch it, therefore, I will not longer have access to iMessage. If you need to contact me, you can use XYZ (insert alternative here) or just call me/send a SMS.”

    That’s what I did when ditching whatsapp. Is it easy? No, ofc not. Ditching something for moral reasons is never easy. Do you think it was easy for me to ditch microsoft for linux when I started out? Hell no. But it gets other people to think about it. Some will laugh about it and say: “haha my funny nephew who wants to save the world himself (insert laugh emoji here)” while other will be genuinely interested in why you made this decision and might follow it. That’s how you get people to think by the way.

    Pretending like you need a specific messenger like iMessage for communication is dishonest at best and straightup stupid and manipulative at worst.

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      19 hours ago

      “Hey, since I don’t want to use apple devices anymore because the company sucks, I’ve decided to ditch it, therefore, I will not longer have access to iMessage. If you need to contact me, you can use XYZ (insert alternative here) or just call me/send a SMS.”

      that only works when a majority of them relies on you. That’s rarely the situation in reality

      Pretending like you need a specific messenger like iMessage for communication is dishonest at best and straightup stupid and manipulative at worst.

      thinking like this is ignorant at best and intentionally manipulative at worst

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        19 hours ago

        a majority of them relies on you

        Imagine friends and family only want to stay in touch because they “rely” on you. Bro that’s outright sad.

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          16 hours ago

          yeah imagine. oh wait I think I remembered something… coworkers! or is it just my wild imagination? I’m not so sure anymore…