So here’s the thing, every time I try to move away from Facebook messenger I run into the same problem, nobody else in my friends or family actually want to use a secure, private messenger app like signal or telegram, my wife, my parents, my in-laws, my friends they’re ALL on Facebook and they will never take signal seriously enough to actually use it, it really bums me out that there are these far superior options but without anyone else using them they’re pointless…

Anyway what apps do you use to stay in touch with people?

  • PreciousDeclaration@lemmy.ml
    63·
    1 year ago

    My preference is Signal Private Messenger app, but like you, I have problems getting some friends and family to use it. So for the ones that won’t, I just use Chomp SMS for my texting app.

    • Obra@lemmy.world
      18·
      1 year ago

      The trick is, 90% of all your messages are probably with the same 1-3 persons. (spouse, friend, family or whatever.)

      So just install the Signal app for these 1-3 persons on their phones, and you already have most of your communication going via Signal 👌🏼

      • dragnucs@lemmy.ml
        9·
        1 year ago

        The 20-80 rules applies here. Anyway, that is a strategy that works for me too. The rest would be SMS. Sending files is links to my self hosted nextcloud.

      • NotSpez@lemm.ee
        4·
        1 year ago

        That’s exactly how I do it. No way you can get your whole work group conversation over to something else, but the bulk is a smaller circle.

    • Pechente@feddit.de
      144·
      1 year ago

      My issue with signal is that their desktop app sucks. No message sync, it needs the phone as a relay and it’s made with Electron.

      • brzrd@lemmy.world
        12·
        1 year ago

        Signal desktop is designed to be a stand alone app that uses the phone phone to first verify the connection via QR but after that relays messages, calls, erc direct from and to the server, inrependently of the phone app.