I am really fed up with WhatsApp (closed source, jurisdiction that may impose backdoors soon)

I would even try to convince friends and family to move to something else but to what?

Signal so far has been the obvious choice but the fear that they may impose backdoors becomes more and more concrete.

Threema seems great! But they want 3€ and there is no chance in hell that my friends and family would pay it.

I saw a bunch of options on https://european-alternatives.eu/category/instant-messaging-apps but I would like to gather experiences and opinions

  • Wrongdoer1@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Personally using Olvid with my friends and family but I guess it’s only for very close connexions. Although I like it lot I doubt anyone else (more distant friends?) will download this app to contact me.

    (It’s free without the ability to initiate calls but everything else is here and works perfectly: groupchats, voice messages, sending photos)