cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38798523

I don’t use apps like whatsapp or skype because they sell my data and don’t trust them.

I was hoping for a foss alternative to talk to my parents, regular folk who need something easy to set up on their android devices, ideally through fdroid.

I don’t want to reveal a real phone number because I don’t want ads from nobody.

I don’t need to see my parent’s faces, I just need to talk to them and maybe send files and lines of text.

    • Mesophar@pawb.socialEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Wild, without specifying, I had to check whether this was an app. I thought you were just being snarky at first! This is such a great but terrible name for a messaging app

      • djangoEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Thanks for the feedback, I added a link to my answer. 😃

    • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Recently started using this myself.

      Tried a videocall and worked ok.

      Thought I’d knock up a prosidy server at home to make it even more private, but haven’t got to that yet

      (And, yeah, awkward name…)