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Re:Messenger Comparisons – Threema, Signal, Telegram and Wha... by dunefox on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @07:45AM (#25746082)
No, features like a good desktop client.
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Re:Messenger Comparisons – Threema, Signal, Telegram and Wha... by kohlerm on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:01AM (#25746217)
Good desktop client might not be absolutely necessary IMHO. WhatsApp does not have one right?
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Re:Messenger Comparisons – Threema, Signal, Telegram and Wha... by dunefox on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:11AM (#25746331)
It has a web client. And yes, that's a massive disadvantage for me. I don't want to chat, share files, and make (video) calls exclusively via my phone.
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Re:Messenger Comparisons – Threema, Signal, Telegram and Wha... by fidelramos on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:02AM (#25747755)
I chat, share files and make calls with Signal's desktop client. What am I missing?
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Re:Messenger Comparisons – Threema, Signal, Telegram and Wha... by dunefox on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:34AM (#25748168)
Message delivery is quite unreliable sometimes, it's a bloated electron app, search doesn't really work for me, it has no message forwarding, etc. Video calls don't work at all, I just tried it a couple of minutes ago. It's just not nearly as good as it could be or as alternatives such as matrix are.

Edit: In fact, I just had to kill the desktop client because it stopped working and the UI froze while attempting to start a video call.

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