apparently I didn’t ask the correct question with my last post: I’m looking for a foss messenger I can also send audio and video with and have a conversation over the smartphone not needing to use voip (and not needing a phone number).

  • @sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    In addition to the ones listed:

    • Matrix client (Element, Shildichat, Fluffy chat, etc.)

    • XMPP client (Conversations, Monocles Chat, Blabber, etc.)

    • SimpleX Chat

    • Briar

    None of them are tied to your phone number if that’s what you mean by non voip.

  • Björn Tantau
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    34 months ago

    Signal recently added usernames. I’m not sure if you still need a phone number to sign up, though.

  • @solrize@lemmy.world
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    Jami? Also Nextcloud Talk though my results with that haven’t been great. I’ve been wanting to try Jami.

  • @jetA
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    I think you’re confusing things. VoIP means voice over IP. So anytime you can talk to somebody over the internet, you’re using a form of VoIP.

    To have an app that doesn’t use voip but lets you talk over the internet is a contradiction and just confuses your question.

    I think you’re real question is: what voice and messaging apps don’t require a phone number registration

    https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/

    From the above your options are: simplex, element / matrix