>I'd be fine with using Skype, the problem is no one I communicate with uses Skype. Have you tried asking them? I've had good experience with meeting people h

>I'd be fine with using Skype, the problem is no one I communicate with uses Skype. Have you tried asking them? I've had good experience with meeting people half way. I tell people "I'm not going to use facebook messenger. If you want to know why, I'll grab my laptop and give you the full hour long litany of every crime they've committed against their users since the company was founded, but the short version is I'm just not. I'll use any communication mechanism you chose that a) does not require facebook or google accounts and b) works even marginally on an android phone without google play services or a linux desktop.". You'd think that would be a short list, but it's not, and I've never failed to find something everyone is happy with. Once it's installed, everyone gets push notifications and no one actually cares who the provider is.