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[–] nicoweio 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It has become better, though.

  • Multi-device (without your primary device needing an internet connection)
  • Deleting messages
  • Editing messages
  • Reactions
  • Larger file uploads…
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have they fixed the problem where you have to use your phone number as your ID?

Cos that's what's stopping me signing up. I refuse to use my phone number as my ID for a service that isn't actually carried over SMS or phone calls.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

WhatsApp and Telegram become this big, including less recognized Signal, because they use phone numbers.

It won't be changed, ever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WhatsApp functionality is closer and closer to functionality of XMPP 10 years ago.

Maybe after another 10 years they finally adopt [email protected] function.

[–] nicoweio 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not old enough to remember XMPP first-hand, so allow me to ask what functionality you mean. Do you mean to imply a fediverse, where whatsapp.com is merely an instance, such as lemmy.world is here?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Telegram is better in pretty much every way, and has been for almost a decade

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

Messaging Apps are only as good as whatever Apps most people use.

[–] nicoweio 2 points 1 year ago

Regarding security, yes. Other than that, Beeper allows you to centralize all kinds of messaging apps into one pretty nice (and open-source AFAIK) UI. Currently using it for all my hardly-used communication channels.

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

telegram isn't even e2ee, why would anyone recommend it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

.... The comparison, here, is WhatsApp, so

Besides, surprisingly people like cross-device sync even if they happen to not have access to their old devices

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Telegram's frontend apps*