Signal is now “phone number to login to the account, but you can share a username with other people”
Not 100% but better than some.
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Zak@lemmy.world 5 months agoIf she switched to Android, I guess there’s Google Chat, but you know how Google is with their chat apps.
That’s far from the only option. I can think of half a dozen relatively mainstream options off the top of my head (Signal, Telegram, Whatsapp, Discord, Matrix, Skype), and there are many more.
The trouble is getting people to agree on one.
wewbull@feddit.uk 5 months ago
rbits@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yeah signal, telegram, and whatsapp all want phone numbers I think. And I don’t think I’d be able to convince my mum to use Discord or Matrix. She’d probably end up using something like Facebook Messenger/Messenger Kids
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 months ago
Signal recently updated to allow usernames instead of phone numbers.
rbits@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I think you still need a phone number though. I think that’s just for if you don’t want to give out your phone number.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 months ago
Ah, that may be true indeed.