Is there any actual easy to use foss chat app my friends and SO could use ? Everyone uses fb messenger because its so easy. I cant find anything easy enough to make people switch to, that won’t have issues and send them running back to zucc

  • jevans ⁂@lemmy.mlEnglish
    661·
    1 day ago

    If you can’t get people to switch to Signal, you won’t get them to switch to anything else.

    • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
      31·
      1 day ago

      Yeah I’m using Whatsapp Business for groups I can’t convince to move (it allows me to have an automated message to say I won’t answer on Whatsapp), Signal for people who could move but won’t pay anything and Threema for almost everyone else including my family.

      I wish Signal or Threema would allow a selected opt in interoperability with Whatsapp so that I could really ditch it.

      • communism@lemmy.ml
        2·
        1 day ago

        I wish Signal or Threema would allow a selected opt in interoperability with Whatsapp so that I could really ditch it.

        Could maybe do something with the signal-matrix and whatsapp-matrix bridges? You could probably skip the matrix entirely but may have to implement it yourself

        • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          21 hours ago

          Thanks, I know about it but it’s above my technical level and self hosting means having a computer running 24/7 which I don’t want.

          I think Signal they (Signal and Threema) missed an opportunity to gain users by allowing an opt-in compatibility with Whatsapp.

          • mad_world_37@lemmy.ml
            1·
            7 hours ago

            self hosting means having a computer running 24/7 which I don’t want.

            For environmental reasons? I bet there are “green” cloud providers out there. Unless you meant having your computer run 24/7, and then no.