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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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[–] incentive@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Signal is probably your best bet but it's only mostly open source. Element/Matrix is another good option if open source is your concern.

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Element can be a bit unreliable when it comes to matrix features, I recommend cinny instead

[–] Tundra@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

how so? Im looking for a matrix client thst has easy onboarding for family & friends with encrypted calls and encrypted messaging by default

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

I'm using element and element x for over a year and it's annoying that threads just won't work on element x.

I don't actually remember too well, there were some ui bugs that I remember but I haven't used element in a year at least so I've kind of forgotten