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Is there any closed source android app that you wish had a good open source alternative?
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this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2024
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A closer analogy would be XMPP since that's what whatsapp is based on.
The best open source client for it is Conversations for Android ($0 on F-Droid, $3 on google play except during christmas when it's $0)
depends what you mean by closer -- by features and ease of use, Matrix is the closest you can get to Whatsapp right now. XMPP is good, though!
Matrix is kinda janky and unstable
I've been using it as my only form of messaging with most of my contacts for several years, many of whom have little knowledge of technology. It's really not.