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minus-squareAnotherHelldiver@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoIf your state requires ID verification, then most apps will probably comply. You can try Matrix with Element or just Signal with a group. More more “off-the-line” alternatives you can look at Mumble and own your own server.
minus-squareWildly_Utilize@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agohttps://simplex.chat/ is what I use and would recommend instead of signal Element is the best option for people who need the “discordlike” features such as sub “room” in a community You can totally get by with just making multiple simplex groups IMO but some people coming from discord don’t like that
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoWe use simplex here, but if I want to also use it from the desktop it’s really clunky. I hope they find a way to unclunk that.
minus-squareՈրբունի@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIt’s not that inconvenient considering how shitty the Signal desktop experience is: it’s slow, bloated and has moody sync.
If your state requires ID verification, then most apps will probably comply. You can try Matrix with Element or just Signal with a group.
More more “off-the-line” alternatives you can look at Mumble and own your own server.
https://simplex.chat/ is what I use and would recommend instead of signal
Element is the best option for people who need the “discordlike” features such as sub “room” in a community
You can totally get by with just making multiple simplex groups IMO but some people coming from discord don’t like that
We use simplex here, but if I want to also use it from the desktop it’s really clunky. I hope they find a way to unclunk that.
It’s not that inconvenient considering how shitty the Signal desktop experience is: it’s slow, bloated and has moody sync.