I have been cleaning my phone - removing Google Services, Google Account and replacing it with alternatives. Strangely, I do still have many very different messaging app. If I count correctly, there is Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Signal, Viber and also two local apps TakeUp and Mastadon. I am more and more returning back to SMS messages and normal encrypted e-mails.

What do you use most and is it normal, to have so many messaging apps and using them all for different people groups?

  • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    13 days ago

    I really like beeper, but im probably gonna selfhost all the bridges once i have the hw

    • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      13 days ago

      FWIW beeper is moving towards a client side hosting model where your phone app hosts the bridges. They currently have a local hosted Signal bridge which runs on the phone…

        • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.todayEnglish
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          13 days ago

          That was for Beeper Mini which was an attempt at imessage on android.
          I don’t think the new version runs the homeserver on the phone; with the new version you can still participate in federated chats and use the desktop client so I don’t think it majorly changed in that way.