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[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Assumptions:

  1. You dont have a lot of people to converse with. I need 5 messaging apps to talk to people becuase they all use a different (shitty) one and won't just change to Signal.
  2. You dont travel much or live in the US where WiFi is rare in any area outside heavy urban.

Otherwise, that's cool you can do that. If I did, I'd be talking to maybe 1 other IRL person who even knows wtf xmpp is.

[-] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago

XMPP is what WhatsApp is based on, and is heavily used outside the US.

I use Cheogram for XMPP & SMS/MMS, but because I have the "us number" through jmp.chat I can text regular people in their phones, too. Or call through the standard phone app. I use Signal and SimpleX too, but nobody I personally know uses Simplex.

I use "WiFi" but I hotspot my work phone and use a VPN with a custom set profile and no split tunnel.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah in the US no one uses xmpp.

Ah that's cool! I should see how that works.

Ohh that solution makes sense. Not all of us have a work phone.

[-] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah it only made sense to piggy back on my work phone for now. I want to by a SIM from Calyx and run a hotspot officially since I've got the Orbic and Moxee hotspots for Rayhunter already.

Edit: my work phone has unlimited data and hotspot because I'm in IT. I really only go to work and home so I don't use much data out and about. Now that I'm strictly F-Droid apps, too, I've noticed my monthly data used to be 12-15GB and now it's around 6-8 over hotspot. So, far less background data from all the apps!

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