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?
Element/Schildichat/Matrix with Bridges to Signal, WhatsApp, Discord, Teams, Slack and a few more, all selfhosted.
You can, more or less easily, bridge Matrix to other messaging standards - e.g. Signal, WhatsApp, etc. either via selfhosted bridges or a external service like Beeper. The former is much more secure (as the bridge host will be able to read the messages in theory), but the later is much much easier to use.