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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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You're asking for a literal unicorn. I haven't found one after years of searching.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What's hard about signal? It's easy to use, my friends and family aren't tech savvy and they were using it in minutes and it has stuck ever since.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

I don't consider it a "chat app" since it requires your phone number as an identifier. It has always been the equivalent of a texting app.

I don't consider anything that's phone-first as a chat app. A chat app should be platform agnostic/available for all platforms. You can only get a desktop app for Signal by connecting it to your phone app.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago

I can see your point. It is so ingrained in me to use a phone I forget that we didnt always do it that way. I shouldnt make the assumption everyone has a phone.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

A chat app should be platform agnostic/available for all platforms.

That's simply not what a chat app is. A chat app is simply an app you use to chat with people, as the name suggests.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago

tomato tomahto