I bet none of my contacts made an informed decision about which chat app they are using. I don't think that this really bothers one of them. Most of them do not know, what the difference between Insta-pms and Whatsapp even is, as far as security and privacy are concerned. And from my point of view I don't know it detailed enough too. Making an informed decision about a closed source software and as a non technical person is not as easy as you may think. At least from my point of view.

[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're hitting the nail directly on the head.

Not knowing what's going on being a bad thing is precisely my whole point

[–] owen@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Meh. For many people, software research is an impossibly high barrier for entry because of years of FANG brain rot.