Signal & Conversations (XMPP). Apparently the move from WA to Signal seems easier for most of my bubble. Can't understand why.
You can't understand why? Are you incapable of evaluating a user experience?
Care to explain, kind person? What's so different between Signal and WA that a user could not find their way? Enlighten me.
For start, search xmpp on the app store and notice how the first result is a paid app that costs $8 and isn't clear whether or not it will connect you to your friends.
Well I seached for "jabber" and found Trillian as fourth or so hit. Dunno how good it's on Apple, but I seem to remember using a PC build somewhen with no negative memories. It's free. Your concerns till now seem like rambling. Or general, as in: How do I make people leave WA, which is, admittedly, complicated.
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You cant make anyone do anything, you can entice them over.
To do that they need to be simple and easy to use, what you're describing is already more complicated than downloading signal or WhatsApp, signing up, and starting.
Use simplex. Funny the cons you named about signal, people were arguing with me about a few days ago. (Phone numbers aren't good for privacy)
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