Isn’t Snikket just a fork of Conversations for Android? It doesn’t look like it’s any better either.
Conversations+Prosody all the way.
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poVoq@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
It really is an enterprise solution and I doubt your family will be happy with it.
Why not just set up a Snikket server and use that? You can easily create group-chats and share pictures and videos there and the interface is similar to WhatsApp.
semperverus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Dave@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
Conversations says to purchase on the play store. I don’t think I’m gonna get good uptake it every user has to pay money.
semperverus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Its free on f-droid
Dave@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
As someone who is concerned that users won’t be able to work out how to upload a video, asking users to install Fdroid seems a step too far.
halm@leminal.space 10 months ago
It’s free on f-droid, though? f-droid.org/packages/eu.siacs.conversations/
Dave@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
Fdroid is not suitable for the average person. The average person can install an app from google play, but Fdroid is quite a jump in steps, not to mention all the warnings that Android gives them, all but telling them not to do it.
Dave@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
The idea of a snikket server is good, but I feel it’s not much different that any other chat app. HumHub works on both mobile and desktop, and provides many features above a chat app. It’s more similar to Facebook groups (which people are already familiar with) but without the spying, whereas I don’t get the benefit of Snikket over say Signal.
What is it that makes it unsuitable for families? It seems to be pretty familiar feeling to people used to Facebook.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Since Snikket is just an XMPP server, it can be used with desktop apps like Dino as well.
All the corporate gamification feature are probably quite annoying.
Dave@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
I might have missed that. What features are you thinking about? I haven’t seen any points or badges or things like that?