tl;dr: after pushing rcs so hard for years, killing hangouts well after forgetting about it, & hiding it from gmail, google now wants you to use its (and google allo’s) successor, google chat.

  •  myxi   ( @myxi@feddit.nl ) 
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    131 year ago

    Just so you know, there is a desktop client of Signal for all major systems:

    I haven’t used Skype, but depending on use case, Signal might work.

      •  myxi   ( @myxi@feddit.nl ) 
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        1 year ago

        It has pretty much everything along with the comfort of it being by a non-profit organisation from one of the former owners of WhatsApp. Video calls, voice calls, group messaging, stickers, emotes, etc.