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 4 days 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 4 days ago
Dave@lemmy.nz 4 days 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 3 days ago
Its free on f-droid
Dave@lemmy.nz 3 days 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 4 days ago
It’s free on f-droid, though? f-droid.org/packages/eu.siacs.conversations/
Dave@lemmy.nz 4 days 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 4 days 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 4 days 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 4 days ago
I might have missed that. What features are you thinking about? I haven’t seen any points or badges or things like that?