

Google has continuously faced bad press for having a nearly non-existent quality control for their play store. Apps loaded with malware, or updated to become malware, are super common. The majority will attempt to inject ads every-fucking-where, like press back, SURPRISE AD! Press home, AD TIME! Close the ad, HERE’S AD 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO!
Imagine it’s the 90s again, everyone has a phone number, but one person will only talk to you via ham radio. Same energy.
For communication, people will prefer what everyone is using, simply because it’s easier to reach someone else. Herd behavior. You can try to get them in, but pressure will mean that it’ll be you who will have to either give up and cave in to use Discord, Whatsapp, etc, or get removed from the talks for refusing to be where they want to.
I wish I could leave whatsapp, but it’s a literal case of “everyone uses it” in Brazil. Even the short, justice mandated wpp blackouts couldn’t keep people on telegram for more than 2 days.