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  • thanks a lot!

  • thanks for the heads-up it was an accident was thinking this was lemmy-support community

  • Not really, I like Delta Chat because the usability, no other app gave me the same peace of mind and reliability in bad connectivity areas (which I find myself often)

    As for the family and friends that use it with me, they certainly don't use it because encryption and privacy, I don't even advertise the privacy and freedom much or try to make them uninstall whatever other apps they use for chatting, they use it because it is the way to reach me and it solves a problem for them.

    And Delta Chat is not XMPP, at least for now

  • Yeah and they will not know it exist until you try it out and let them know about the app and help them try it out and get in contact with you.

    Unlike WhatsApp that has millions to throw in marketing, come preinstalled on devices and by know "everyone uses it" other smaller projects that are not making money out of you need your help to do the "marketing" part

  • To show you that it doesn't have to be a forever alone experience, in your case perhaps it will be, if you are the kind that have to run after the people close to you and accommodate to their requirements for them not to leave you behind and forgotten perhaps you are already alone...

  • I would say this is the normal behavior and without this apps wouldn't work properly or connect in background, ex. to receive messages in chat apps and display a notification ex. when the system wakes them up via push notifications

  • My personal experience: 121 chats (just my family account I have several other accounts)

  • Your parents can use something else to message you, for other people they can switch to SMS in worse case, just uninstall the app with a goodbye message once you are not there there will be some real reasons for other people to join you elsewhere,

    There was a time where there was no WhatsApp and no one died because of it, true there might be some extra inconveniences but the question is if you have the will to do the change, I deleted WhatsApp and things are OK so far I am not using Signal either, I use Delta Chat and email mainly

  • In my case I was not using it for family but for one club where they make announcements, anyways uninstalled it and now relay on two people of the club that also have DeltaChat and I have to ask them every time to forward me the information 😅

  • Yes you can, if you use an existing classic email account of yours with it, the anonymous free chatmail accounts can only be used with encryption, otherwise spammers could abuse the service

    You will see the conversation as a chat while your dad will see it as normal replies to his emails

  • This sucks, at least Tesla was electric, fuck cars...

  • I already explained in my previous message how it is different from Signal, time to read buddy, bye

  • I use Delta Chat exclusively to chat with my family, I don't even have WhatsApp installed.

    Delta Chat has most of the features you need for communication the only missing thing is integrated calls that cause the phone to ring, which is not a deal breaker for me since I don't call often, used the jitsi meet integration once with them was a bit messy to get my mom etc to figure out how to use jitsi meet in the browser while explaining via voice messages in Delta Chat, but I think adding integrated calls is in the roadmap

  • Meanwhile me not giving a F about this news because I use CalyxOS and the feature to auto-restart the phone on inactivity with fine customizable time and not a fixed 3 days exist since a long time already there

  • That is a "they" issue, they don't allow to use their email server with your own email client of your choice which sucks, better use other email service. You don't need to use your email account tho, you can register without providing any information and it will automatically create a random anonymous email account for you, much better than the protonmail one, for free and without sending limits and with blazing FAST instant delivery

  • It is easy to disable, just follow this basic steps:

    1. uninstall WhatsApp
    2. install and use Delta Chat
    3. Enjoy 🎉
  • The purpose is already said in the title: private chats for the family

    How you don't understand the use case of chatting with the family?

    As many other chat apps out there, if you meant the "why this one and not X?" Well there are other acceptable options out there, the advantage of this one compared to WhatsApp, Telegram and co. Is that it doesn't depend on phone numbers or any private data, getting started with the app is painless and smooth, no SMS verification no captcha solving or complex registration, just set your name and start chatting. It is decentralized and anonymous, while having a nice polished UI easy to use on the level of WhatsApp and Telegram, unlike most other alternatives out there

    One special feature is the ability to use in-chat mini-apps that are completely "p2p e2ee" between chat members without depending on any server hosting it and working offline first, among such apps: collaborative editor pads, checklists/to-do lists, shopping lists, split bills with friends, chess and other mini-games etc

  • ArcaneChat @lemmy.ml

    ArcaneChat 1.54.1 released!

  • ArcaneChat @lemmy.ml

    It happens every time

  • Open Source @lemmy.ml

    ArcaneChat: Private chats for the family

    arcanechat.me
  • Delta Chat @lemmy.zip

    New Lemmy community for ArcaneChat users

    lemmy.ml /c/ArcaneChat
  • ArcaneChat @lemmy.ml

    ArcaneChat 1.54.0 released!

  • Delta Chat @lemmy.zip

    ArcaneChat now available in Google Play Store!

    play.google.com /store/apps/details
  • Delta Chat @lemmy.zip

    it is time for a change folks!

  • Delta Chat @lemmy.zip

    Delta Chat: Delta Chat introduces realtime Peer-to-Peer networking

    delta.chat /en/2024-11-20-webxdc-realtime
  • Delta Chat @lemmy.zip

    ArcaneChat is now available in official F-Droid store!

    f-droid.org /en/packages/chat.delta.lite/