there is no real replacement for an instant messaging/sms like experience. matrix is at the moment still a bit too complicated to get into if you have come to expect a workflow like: download an app -> write your phone contacts a message.

so although it is not federated it is the best we have got at the moment in my opinion

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

I get that but the image is referring to it as part of the "fediverse" which it is not as it doesn't use ActivityPub.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There's also SimpleX, though it's much less popular. (not like Signal is used everywhere though, it's just a matter of what you switch your group to.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for bringing it to my attention. It really looks like they managed to make an ID less chat as simple as possible. But the undeniable benefit of using one’s phone as ID is that when people switch, their contacts are already there. I think that friction alone will prevent normies from adopting it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You're welcome :) (btw, nice username)

Yeah they've tried to make it as similar as whatsapp. But it's hard convincing your entire family to switch again after signal just because you found a cool new app to switch to, lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I know, I’m not even going to try. I can already hear the crying and gnashing of teeth.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

SimpleX chat is pretty wild and untraditional (no user IDs), people should give it try.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It's cool, thought people should still be wary of it since it's new and backed by VC.

I'd give it a little more until i switch fully to it, but it 100% is better than WA.