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
    1071·
    4 days 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·
      4 days 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·
        3 days 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

        • Int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          2·
          2 days ago

          whatsapp is a modified XMPP, itnmight be possible to make an XMPP client that can also use the whatsapp servers.

        • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          3 days 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.

          • Synapse@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 days ago

            Is it Signal and Threema leadership that doesn’t want to implement interoperability with WhatsApp or it’s WhatsApp preventing it? Is there any existing 3rd party app that’s compatible with WhatsApp?

            • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              2 days ago

              It’s Signal and Threema leadership as they were saying it would compromise their security level and would allow Meta to gather information about their users.

              That’s a risk I’d be willing to take as long as it’s opt in. For now I still kind of have Whatsapp Business as kind of read only application for some groups I can’t convince to move to another app…

          • mad_world_37@lemmy.ml
            1·
            3 days 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.