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Any good Telegram alternative? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I tried SimpleX but the VPN kill switch on my phone prevents syncing with my computer.

I use telegram primarily as a note taking app with sync features.

Occasionally I send files to friends, so having easy set up for tech illiterate would be great.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Signal?

edit / wait - an alternative for telegram as a note taking app??

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a note to self feature in Signal

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

there are decent note apps, like notally, that are smaller than 2mb 🤷

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.kin.easynotes/ 3mb

https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.quillpad/ 4.6 and it can sync

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fossify.notes/ 8.9

and than there's joplin

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't disagree, but taking notes in Signal gets you syncing automatically which is convenient and something OP asked for 🤷

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

And you'll have fewer apps installed on your phone, which is something I've come to value lately.

[–] ExtravagantEnzyme@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Standard Notes is my go to for notes 100%. It's all about privacy through encryption and is FOSS. Plus for this specific scenario, it also allows for notes export.

https://standardnotes.com/download

[–] TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Friends used telegram so I had the app installed. It was easier to store documents in telegram than in one drive or proton drive, so telegram became my go too. Obviously not the best setup, but it worked and was easy. I'll try out Signal and Matrix, but continence is a big factor in my choice.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 2 months ago

Proton drive has free tier. Not sure if it is as easy as tele for doc storage but holy-shit tele really doing it.

People rave about it.