I’m interested in giving franz a try (predominantly for WhatsApp and Facebook messenger on the desktop) and wanted to know if anyone had any experience with, or guidance about, the app?

Since the app appears to require an account I thought I’d check I wasn’t signing up for something terrible first.

  • ccryx
    10·
    11 months ago

    I did use franz at some point but eventually switched to ferdium, which doesn’t require an account. That being said I haven’t used either for a while now.

    • bremen15@feddit.de
      2·
      11 months ago

      Can I use Whatsapp in Ferdium without having the app installed on my mobile? I stopped using Whatsapp because I was not OK with its snoopiness and privacy issues.

      • ccryx
        1·
        11 months ago

        IIRC you have to have the app installed on your phone and be in the same network, but it’s been a while.

  • Zak8022@lemm.ee
    4·
    11 months ago

    Another vote for Ferdium. Although my use case is primarily for Google Chat, since I dislike it being in a browser tab. And since I don’t use Chrome I can’t/won’t install their PWA.

  • Helix@beehaw.org
    3·
    11 months ago

    I switched from Franz to Ferdi to Ferdium and then I noticed all it’s doing is creating PWAs in profiles, which made me use Chromium with some cookie deletion and privacy add-ons and just install the applications I needed as PWAs. You can start Chromium with a separate profile and auto open all of the apps which you can’t install as PWAs in tabs, and you can move the tab bar to the left side. Then you basically have Ferdium with extra steps and better efficiency.