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

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    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

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      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.

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        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.