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 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 17 hours 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 -1 points 12 hours 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 12 hours ago

tomato tomahto