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Looking for alternative SMS app (startrek.website)
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Samsung is retiring it's messages app, and I don't want to install Google messages to replace it.

What apps are you using instead and what do you like or hate about them?

Edit: thank you for the suggestions :) This is more options than I was expecting!

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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just use Google Messages, but I'm signed out of the app. Actually, no Google acct on my whole phone. I stick to F-Droid for apps of I need em.

The way I see it, mousy sms stiff goes through the carrier servers I'd not Google, and at least Messages is RCS. However, I'm running XMPP and jmp.chat for a phone number to test out switching entirely and setting up friends and family on my server. Trying to go full hermit mode.

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Let me know how you come out with the jmp number, been thinking of trying that

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

So far it's great! Cheogram works well with 1 on 1 messages, but I struggled at first with making sure it worked well. It wants to initially enforce encryption but the most you can do with non xmpp users is TLS security. Wish I could host a bigger server to have all friends and family sign up in order to get them using protest secure messaging.