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Why isn't XMPP on the list ?!? In fact I've dumped WhatsApp in favor of Conversations several years ago, when Facebook bought WhatsApp. (I'm pretty sure that

• ColinWright 6y ago
  XMPP isn't a chat app, it's a protocol. If you want a chat app then you need to list clients. Which client would you use? And xxxx/XMPP isn't on the list because when I last looked (which was some time ago) everything was unusable for muggles, same with Matrix. Responses to this poll have convinced me that the landscape has changed, although most of the suggestions are still inappropriate for someone who just want to use something, without having to understand everything about the underlying protocols. So, back to XMPP, or Matrix. Which client would you use/recommend?
  • BlueTemplar 6y ago
    Well, for Android at least, the one I mentioned, Conversations ? BTW, I use it with my mom. And even though I was the one that set up her XMPP account at https://jabber.lqdn.fr/my/create.php https://jabber.lqdn.fr/my/create.php , as you can see it's quite straightforward to do ! (And other servers might have an even easier, more mobile friendly version by now, IIRC Conversations itself is suggesting one ?) As for Matrix, see this other comment of mine : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25683697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25683697
    • ColinWright 6y ago
      Useful reply ... thank you.