About getting rid of WhatsApp

Tuta is the e-mail provider I'm using in my quest towards getting free from Google and other BigTech companies :-)

And Tuta has recently made a post about the reason why one should get rid of WhatsApp ... and what are the possible alternatives!

 Why you should look for a replacement

WhatsApp free might be popular, but it’s not the best app when it comes to privacy and security. You need to into the question of how does WhatsApp make money to understand why WhatsApp must use and abuse your data to be free.

 

Shortcut to the result:

 WhatsApp alternatives: Which is best?

1. Best WhatsApp for privacy and security: Signal
2. Best WhatsApp without a phone number: Threema
3. Best Open Source WhatsApp alternative: Element
4. Best Alternative to WhatsApp for business: Wire
5. Best Group Chat Alternative: Telegram
6. Best Decentralized Chat App: SimpleX
7. Decentralized and Anonymous Chat: Session
8. Best alternative for iPhone: iMessage
9. Best alternative for Android: Google Messages
10. Unofficial: WhatsApp Plus

About pending tasks and new initiatives

 

 Another Seth Godin post:

 

Decisions as effort

Why are we more likely to get tasks done than to take on new initiatives?

Checking something off a to-do list requires far less emotional energy than adding something to the list was in the first place.

As is often the case, “resistance” is the answer.

It’s easy to type a book, hard to write one. That’s because writing one involves making choices.

The effort to perform a task we’ve done before is known in advance. So are the risks. There’s social pressure to do what we promised, and little friction in the way. It’s work, but not challenging.

Initiatives, on the other hand, go the other way around. The effort and repercussions are unknown, and in many settings, the social pressure to accept the status quo is high.

The most important work we do is to make decisions. Decisions don’t seem effortful (turn left or right, say yes or no) but the apparent risk and emotional labor is real. Hard decisions are hard because of the story we tell ourselves about repercussions and responsibility.

Once we acknowledge that taking initiative (which is more accurately described as ‘offering initiative’) requires effort, we can allocate the time and resources to do it well.

October 17, 2024

 

Over schelpen en andere zeedieren

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En inderdaad, er lag heel wat voor het rapen ☺

... zoals:

De afgeknotte gaper:

De gedoornde hartschelp (deze heeft een prachtige aangroei van zeepokken):

Het muiltje:

De gevlochten fuikhoren (zoals je ziet, lagen er op een bepaalde plaats wel heel wat ...)

En ... last but no least: de kleine zeeappel (... waarbij je het geraamte terugvindt 😉)

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