what messaging apps do you use?

jiminside@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 70 points –

Hi friends,

I'm new to Lemmy but I think I like where it is heading in general. I would like to ask, do you have any specific apps used for ?

As a community that seems more focused on decentralized platforms, I thought this could spike up an interesting discussion

I have been using mainly Viber and FB messenger. I did try to convince friends and family to move over to simpleXchat, as it seems the most privacy focused alternative I have found, but basically failed.

I would love to hear your input!

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Whatsapp is the norm here so I begrudgingly use that. Wish more people were on Signal, Matrix or Telegram.

You can apparently bridge Whatsapp and Matrix. I have looked into it for a few evenings but got nothing running despite having some experience with self hosting stuff. It was a while ago though.

There is an Ansible repo. It does all you need. It's just some configuration in one file. Maybe takes a few hours to read through, but it can set up early everything Matrix has to offer and is well documented... It just really is a lot.