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Do you prefer XMPP or Matrix powered apps as a discord alternative? (lemmy.fedioasis.cc)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Do you prefer XMPP or Matrix, or are you using something else entirely?

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[–] marcie@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

does it have an android app, or is it all web based

[–] mononoke@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Conversations is my preferred Android client.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Conversations isn't a Discord alternative though

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Movim only offers a PWA, but there are other native Android XMPP apps, such as Monocles Chat, but it isn't as advanced as Movim in some ways, as it's still lacking the ability to make or receive group voice/video calls, nor can it screenshare. It is however able to make 1-on-1 calls, even with Movim users.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This sort of fragmentation is the biggest thing I dislike about XMPP. Although Matrix kind of fucked it up also when they switched mobile to Element X

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I agree, it's an unfortunate downside. But it's still probably our best option long-term.

At least in XMPP's case, I think a way of dealing with the fragmentation is to treat Movim as the 'main' app, and to encourage any friends willing to leave Discord to just use that, and not mention other options unless you know they're a bit more tech savvy, and can understand the limitations of the other clients and just think of them as fun little bonuses (until they catch up, anyway). :)

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Most normal people also use Discord on mobile though so that wouldn't really work, and I'm not aware of a free XMPP server like matrix.org that exists

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Movim works on mobile via the installable PWA, it works quite well.

Movim.eu offers free XMPP accounts just like Matrix, and virtually all other XMPP servers are free as well.