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What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you'd love alternatives for?

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@ClearCutCoconut WhatsApp
:blobfoxsignyes:

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What about Signal?? I know it's not perfect but it seems like more people are using it each year. Whatsapp really has the majority of the market though, and it is so difficult to get people to change messaging apps (in the US at least, where I swear 95% of people have an iPhone and a superiority complex)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@ClearCutCoconut Yes, exactly.
Signal is nice but there is a lot of communication in Whatsapp.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's still relevant to this question, but I don't think the problem is the app itself. A new app likely won't help solve this problem

Cloud backups are on the way and I imagine that will help give Signal a boost

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Completely agree. At this point it seems like it just needs time for the momentum to build (more and more users vouching for it). I didn't know they were adding cloud backups, that's great. Usernames have been helping too, I think!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I Don't have WhatsApp anymore. Though I just deleted my WhatsApp account and said that I am no longer reachable via that crap. If you want to contact me use Signal. Most of my friends just installed Signal (a few took some time), but if you don't do it that way you will never get away from WhatsApp just because of the network effect... And yes, you will miss out on some groups

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I appreciate this mindset. Sometimes you just have to go cold turkey

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

did the same but with Threema

The fragmentation is really shit. I wish more such APPs would be interoperable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I've had Threema for a while even before that, because my family group migrated there. Though I do not have a lot of contacts on there :D