• phx@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    1 hour ago

    Friendica seems like a new thing? No apps for that yet either

  • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 hours ago

    instead of switching ive mostly just been ditching entirely. I need less time interacting with internet people.

    literally the only thing on this list im still using is facebook messenger, for my work colleagues. and youtube. everything else ive migrated (reddit-lemmy), or abandoned and torched

  • RedSnt@feddit.dkEnglish
    10·
    3 hours ago

    I was already on Mastodon by just having a Vivaldi (the chromium browser) account, and it’s just lovely I’ve spent most of the day setting up lemmy, even though I joined feddit.dk 2 years ago, it’s only just now I’m taking it seriously.
    And, while not related to the fediverse per se, I switched to linux a year ago.
    The only service that’s hard to drop/switch away from is Youtube imo.

  • breadcat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    3 hours ago

    I keep seeing this type stuff but neither peertube or friendica are genuine replacements at this point, mastodon is weaksauce compared to akkoma or a misskey fork, and loops is alpha software. also yes signal is centralized but it just works and has contact discovery so it owns matrix and xmpp when compared to whatsapp. basically none of this stuff is truly ready

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      matrix too has contact discovery, if you add your phone number (or email). most users don’t, and that tells me something

    • exhaust_fan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      [Signal] has contact discovery so it owns matrix and xmpp when compared to whatsapp

      Can you please elaborate? Idk what this means

    • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      4·
      3 hours ago

      As software, PeerTube is great and there’s actually plenty of content to consume if you can find it. The more content creators we can get to use PeerTube, the more appealing PeerTube will also become.

      Check this link out, if looking for content: https://peertube.wtf/

    • doctorbllk@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      3 minutes ago

      It’s also a pretty rough experience tbh. It took about 2 days for me to gain access after signing up. Only usable via the Android sdk or iOS beta app. The infrastructure just isn’t there yet.

  • TehWorld@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 hours ago

    I’ve been on Signal for a while now. Have a bunch of groups but iMessage works with everyone.

    It’s been a year and a half here on Lemmy. I still spend a lot of time on Reddit, but won’t comment there anymore.

    I don’t WANT a Twitter replacement as it’s really only for celebs and idgaf.

    I actually see enough value to pay for YT premium (kids complain incessantly about ads).

    Friendica doesn’t seem to have an iOS app, and there’s a critical mass issue with wanting to connect with people that I know in real life.

    I’m trying to get my Pixelfed feed to be with checking, and trying to be a regular poster, but it’s still REALLY sparse, and none of these offer the endless meme-video-clip scroll that my wife will have to have before switching away from Insta.

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      58 minutes ago

      I haven’t heard of it yet but it’s very interesting! link for those who struggle to find it among german search results

  • KiloGex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 hours ago

    Looks like Loops isn’t accepting new users at the moment. Hopefully that’ll open up again soon.

  • kemsat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 hours ago

    Is there an app for Loops.video?

    Edit: Go to https://loops.video/ Make an account, and you should get an email afterwards to download the app from TestFlight or an Android APK.

    • Daeraxa@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      6 hours ago

      Yup, its just called Loops, there is a download link once you log in for the APK directly or to the iOS testflight. (On a related note why does everything keep like this picture keep calling it “Loops.video” when it is just called “Loops”? - we don’t call it “Lemmy.ml”, “Mastodon.social” or “Peertube.tv”)

      • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        6 hours ago

        Mastodons have been extinct for millennia and don’t come up in conversation often. Lemmy and Peertube aren’t words at all. Loops is a pretty common word, though, so it needs something extra if you want people to know what you’re talking about.

        • Daeraxa@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          5 hours ago

          The problem is the moment there is another instance then loops.video won’t even make sense as that is just the name of the instance and not the application.

  • Opinionhaver@feddit.ukEnglish
    162·
    8 hours ago

    Switching from WhatsApp to any other messaging service isn’t a realistic option for quite many places. I’d be more than willing to switch but of all the people in my contacts (including my entire customer base) there’s like 3 people using Signal but every single one of them has WhatsApp. Even the 60+ year olds.

    • cally [he/they]@pawb.socialEnglish
      71·
      6 hours ago

      Same (Brazil), Whatsapp is pretty much a requirement and I hate that I’m forced to give Meta my information by using their shitty app.

          • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
            81·
            6 hours ago

            That’s Lemmy in a nutshell. Guillotine and Luigi memes are constantly repeated because they know that no one’s actually going to act on that stuff, but any time anyone suggests a practical means to weaken the oligopoly people come out of the woodwork to shut it down.

          • pfr@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            4·
            6 hours ago

            There benefit would be exactly what this top comment is about. For all those people in your contacts who don’t use signal, you could still use signal to message them, it would just be an SMS message. It would therefore also become more enticing for people to switch from their stock SMS app to signal, because it would make no difference in terms of who you can send SMS messages to. It would allow for the signal user base to grow, solving the issue of “no one uses signal”

      • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
        22·
        7 hours ago

        At least WhatsApp is encrypted and let you have propre group chat

              • pfr@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
                21·
                6 hours ago

                You still pay for SMS? Wtf, what country do you live in? Most postpaid mobile plans these days only charge for data usage. In which case, your still paying to use WhatsApp.

              • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
                11·
                6 hours ago

                I did not say it was secure, I actually spend a lot of time explaining to people that it is secure and they should switch to Signal. However, I will not tell them to go back to SMS for the reason aforementioned.

    • Cabbage_Pout61@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      7 hours ago

      My trouble as well, I’d love to switch from Whatsapp, but literally every person I talk to and most people in my city/estate/country uses It.

      There’s a “vendor lock” term, maybe this would be a “social lock”?

      • pfr@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        6·
        6 hours ago

        It has to start with someone. I made my entire family switch to signal by boycotting WhatsApp. I just said, of you want to contact me your can either SMS, email or install signal. It was surprisingly easy. For non family members, I tell people to switch all the time. Most of my contacts now use signal. It was worth the trouble.

    • Syrc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      “I’m sick of apps owned by American oligarchs who want to steal my data! This app owned by Chinese oligarchs will surely be a better experience”

        • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
          1·
          2 minutes ago

          Yandex is good for torrents and it doesn’t censor shit bad for US regime…

          It has its uses with trusted VPN and properly configure browser of course

    • Esmoreit@lemmings.worldEnglish
      142·
      9 hours ago

      Loops will be open sourced later they say.

      Is Loops open source? It will be! We plan on open sourcing the platform after it reaches a stable and easy to maintain state.

      • potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fishEnglish
        81·
        7 hours ago

        That means very little to me. Actions speak louder than words, and it would probably help the development of loops if it was actually open source.

      • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
        141·
        9 hours ago

        That really is not a satisfying answer. It is incredibly nebulous and even if it did have a nice definition I guarantee most software developers will tell you a lot of software rarely reaches that state.

        I can see why they might want to avoid 1000 GitHub issues bike shedding things but they could open source the code and just not have open contribution

          • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            46 minutes ago

            sender, recipient, chatroom, what kind of event you sent (message, emoji, reaction, vote), if you responded to a message, room privilege changes, etc

            but it’s a question how big of a problem is that. they want to tackle it in the future, but that’s far away for now I think

  • Elrecoal19_0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    8 hours ago

    In my case I deleted instagram, instead of whatsapp I’m going to Matrix (I’ll see who I get there), I changed Reddit for Lemmy and I’m trying to find an active Peertube instance that allows for account creation, live, and uploading videos