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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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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 points 3 weeks 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 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] mad_world_37@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

My cloud provider (kDrive by Infomaniak) is « green » but I have to admit I wouldn’t know how to self host on it even if I could.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 points 3 weeks 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..