cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2037625
European here, I did use WA until Meta (Facebook back then) bought it. Then I typed up a copypasta that said something like:
Because Facebook is buying WhatsApp, I am leaving the platform. You can reach me on these apps: [Link to installer for Signal] [Link to installer for Telegram]
I have since set up a Matrix server that puppets for Telegram so I don’t have the actual client installed anywhere.