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.
Threema Libre
“F-Droid - Complete independence from Google services”
https://threema.com/en/download/threema-private
One-time purchase. With the built-in option to see your parents’ faces. Or not.
The desktop app is currently in beta and offers multiple-device support on Windows, Macintosh and Linux (flatpak).
This is not to take anything away from any of the other options mentioned here (some of which I also use).