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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).

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[–] sneakyninjapants 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] sun_is_ra 5 points 8 months ago

I vote for matrix / fluffy chat

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Jami? Also Nextcloud Talk though my results with that haven't been great. I've been wanting to try Jami.

[–] wildbus8979 1 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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