Poll: What's your primary messaging app?
http://strawpoll.me/6325485
Feel free to mention what I missed if you answered 'other'.
4chan /g/
>>51978215
nice try nsa
>>51978215
hexchat
>>51978215
>doesn't even have Signal on there
It's like you think /g/ isn't paranoid as hell.
Plus Signal looks nicer than those other messengers.
>>51978510
Sorry about that. I listed the popular ones, but I should have figured /g/ would want more private messengers on the list.
>iMessage 6%
>>51978215
>facebook messenger 3rd (or second, since other may be different things put together)
>Telegram 5th with iMessage and Line
>no Tox
>no Signal
I'm fucking disappointed
>>51979433
>>51979189
>>51978510
imessage is e2e encrypted as well
>forced to use FB Messenger because all my friends use it
>they don't want to use whatsapp because it's "too expensive" and don't want to pay for apps...
>most of them use viber and pay for stickers
>FUCKINGWHY.JPG
>>51979620
It's the same for me. The reason I use Facebook Messenger is because everyone messages me there and I don't want to ask everyone to switch to something else. If it's something more private then I'll send them a text. And yes, I know I'm being spied on.
signal and telegram because all of my friends use telegram.
Hangouts for IRL friends and family, mix of Steam and IRC for online friends.
>>51979620
>>51979701
Dank meme stickers and porn bots helped me convert most of my friends to telegram.
Plus the desktop client.
Feels good.
>>51979844
Steam+Mumble for gaming friends.
Telegram for all the others.
Facebook owns WhatsApp and messages in WhatsApp are encrypted, is that right? Is it safe enough to use just as Telegram is or is there some sketchy things they can do?
>>51980136
well on telegram the client side has been audited a lot of times but the server side is non-free so you can't be entirely sure. it's pretty good though. give signal and telegram a try.
>>51980136
telegram offers e2e encryption but it's not turned on by default
>>51978215
Whatsapp because my grill uses it
>>51980313
Beta
My girl started using what I use even if I have whatsapp for other reasons.
>>51980398
You sly dog.
>>51980398
Well, i actually like WA, it lets me call for free plus it isnt a resource whore like skype or messenger.
>>51980490
it's still worse than both telegram and signal. the only real advantage it has is userbase.
>>51978215
>No IRC option
>>51980490
The web client is terrible.
Since I'm almost always at the pc I use Telegram.
To be honest it wasn't even really alpha of me.
I just tend to forget I own a phone:
Telegram message = almost instant reply.
WA message = well, maybe in a couple hours.
>>51980515
>worse than telegram
lol
>>51980560
can you share 1.5gb files on whatsapp?
>>51980567
...why would you want to share 1.5gb on a message app?
>>51979620
But... Whatsapp is free nigger
>>51980583
sharing movies with friends and family. why would you not?
>>51980589
Free to download but after your free peiod runs out you have to pay. It's cheap though, 70p or something for a year
Never heard of KakaoTalk, WeChat, or QQ Mobile
>>51980599
>1.5GB
>Movies
>>51980604
Not really, they give you more free time when yours is about to expire
Ive been using it since it got released and i havent pay shit for it
>>51980599
>1.5gb in movies
>YIFY user confirmed
Yep, this explains it
>>51979465
Yes but apple controls the keys, so what's the point?
They could switch it without you ever knowing and read everything
>>51980589
It's free for one year. It's $1 a year and they still bitch that it's expensive. It's maddening how they prefer Viber and its clunky/awful UI. It's also a resource and memory hog. They complain how it's laggy and makes their Samsungs slow. I think I need new friends.
Where is the [not a social drone] option?
Fucking casuals everywhere.
>no Beem
>>51980724
You mean not marking a choice then
>>51978215
mIRC
>>51979465
>the year of snowden + 2
>using proprietary encryption tools
>ISHYGDDT
>people using anything but SMS
Is this some sort of non-american thing?
Literally everyone I know here uses SMS. Maybe Facebook messenger on occasion.
>>51980929
I use sms over signal, it's great.
Steam cause I have no real friends. And my SMSs are only used with my immediate family.
I use LINE most often, but that's just to talk to my weeb friends. normal people just sms me.
>>51980929
SMSs are expensive as fuck where i live
>>51980981
>tfw i only pay 2,99€ a month for sms+telephone flatrade.
>>51980713
viber is some jewish spy shit anyway
Why would you not use SMS when you get them as part of your mobile contract? Does it not work like that in America?
>>51981061
Shut up, yuropoor
>>51981061
You choose not to pay for them, pay for a limited amount, or pay more for unlimited. That's if you didn't sign any contract that says you need to get X plan for Y months.
![5puZavg4x2pThSTJgos1sARWoARea7tzr_B8AWEwn2lV05RoXo9M8BM2XwcvwG6nIGc=w300[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/axS1012.jpg "5puZavg4x2pThSTJgos1sARWoARea7tzr_B8AWEwn2lV05RoXo9M8BM2XwcvwG6nIGc=w300[1].png")
>not using SMS over hangouts
Steam follwed by WhatsApp.
Not even gonna bother trying to convert people. Just gonna be a headache. Don't really send any sensitive data either way since I'm not a retarded 13 year old girl.
>>51981122
what the fuck is the point
>>51981061
SMS/MMS doesn't do pictures and video as well as a lot of messaging apps do.
I mainly use my phone to send and receive pictures of pets.
>>51981167
It uses data rather than charging you for SMS. Also it lets you send SMS messages on your desktop.
>>51981192
I have unlimited SMS and phone, but limited data.
>>51980713
Paying hundreds of dollars for a phone but thinking 99¢ a year is too much.
>>51981254
Lies
>>51981266
It is when alternatives are free and better
>>51981267
>>51978215
>no threema
Dropped
>>51980943
This. Signal is great for SMS and security.
Company private XMPP server.
>>51981254
Wouldn't you want unlimited data instead though?
>>51981465
if it were an option I'd get it
>>51980538
only idiots use irc to socialize
it's great for dev groups and quick tech support though
>>51979715
>all of my friends use telegram.
Why can't I have cool friends
>>51981283
Name a few.
>>51981837
>>51980620
They're Asian.
>>51978510
I'm paranoid enough to not use Signal.
Google Play Services, really!?
Telegram, snapchat, irssi, and steam
XMPP
>>51978215
Skype, sadly. But hey, at least it has a browser version now so you don't have to install the mess what is its desktop app.
>>51982185
What about this? https://fdroid.eutopia.cz/
>WhatsApp for most of my friends and family
>Hangouts for the geeks and video calls
>FB Messenger for when I need to contact someone I met once or twice at some event
>SMS for that one friend who refuses to get a smart phone
>Pushbullet to easily share things with friends without having it get lost under a pile of messages
There will never be one universally used standard for messaging...
>>51982390
Hacky, bad battery life, not much support, Moxie hates it.
Telegram for my friends that I talk to the most
Facebook messenger for my friends who are afraid of arabs
Luckily I was able to move some of my friends over to telegram by making an undertale sticker pack so we can shitpost dank memes at each other
Whatever happened to the /g/ BBM group?
>text message for family and close friends - aka people I actually spend time with IRL
>facebook messenger for more casual aquaintances keeping in touch with old friends
>whatsapp for international friends because it's so much more popular in Europe than the states
This is the first I've ever heard of whatsapp being anything but free. I've had that shit for over two years and I've never given those niggers a penny.
>>51982528
Yeah. The battery life is amazingly bad.
