Bondar@lemmy.world to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoThis is why you go European even if the company is open-sourcetherecord.mediaexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down137cross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pubtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkThis is why you go European even if the company is open-sourcetherecord.mediaBondar@lemmy.world to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pubtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squaremarv99@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 month agoMatrix and Threema come to my mind.
minus-squareBlaze@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 month agoDo people have success bringing their families and friends to Matrix? The Signal UI is closer to Whatsapp, which usually made the switch easier
minus-squareOpticalAccount@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoJust gotta get rid of all your friends and family and then you can use any IM service. Very convenient.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI hear the latency is hard to beat too if you only talk to yourself.
minus-squaremarv99@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoI have brought my family to Threema and Signal (when Corona started). But Matrix would not work for them I fear.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoI love the idea of Threema, but the reason I love it is also precisely why it’s an extremely hard sell for casuals. Self-management of keys. It’s also not open source. Sure, the clients are, but the back-end isn’t, and that arguably the most important piece.
Matrix and Threema come to my mind.
Do people have success bringing their families and friends to Matrix? The Signal UI is closer to Whatsapp, which usually made the switch easier
Just gotta get rid of all your friends and family and then you can use any IM service. Very convenient.
I hear the latency is hard to beat too if you only talk to yourself.
I have brought my family to Threema and Signal (when Corona started). But Matrix would not work for them I fear.
I love the idea of Threema, but the reason I love it is also precisely why it’s an extremely hard sell for casuals. Self-management of keys.
It’s also not open source. Sure, the clients are, but the back-end isn’t, and that arguably the most important piece.