You would be right.

Whooa, easy there, champ.

I didn’t mean to trigger your hypersensitivities to strawman arguments with just one word in my title of the post.

If you actually read the body of the post, I was speculating on the nature of the psychological obstacle (which can easily be a “fear,” though obviously not in the sense of sheer terror). It could be the fear of change, or of too many apps, or of the reputation of privacy apps as being tools of wrongdoing.

People DO have a reason to try SimpleX – when asked to – but what are they afraid of (if I may use that word again)? And how do we get them to overcome their hesitation?

I agree. But then why am I OK with having (and using) XMPP, SimpleX, Session, Signal, and Matrix? I have friends and family who prefer different ones, and that doesn’t bother me. Maybe it’s because I don’t chat with 100s of people on a phone? It’s never been burdensome to me using multiple messengers. But you’re right – I’ve heard that: “All my friends just use regular texting” or “FB Messenger,” etc.