Samsung is shutting down messages and pushing the use of Google’s messenger. Are there alternatives? I don’t want to give Google that much personal info to train its AI or to give the regime an avenue to getting my info.

  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    I would love to use JMP chat, but they only give a canadian or usa phone number. I guess that would be very expensive for others to call from europe, besides being very unusual

    I especially like that JMP seems to be a really honest provider, basing their services on privacy and open source software, which is so, so rare

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      1 month ago

      Do you often get charged per call in Europe still? If so that’s really too bad. Most of the VoIP services I’m familiar with is NA only but I know others exist, you’ll just have to do your own vetting.

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        I think we are mostly charged by the minute, and some plans have a certain amount of free minutes and messages, but I don’t know if that also applies to foreign calls. nowadays I rarely use phone calls though, so I may not be completely up to date