What is the best messaging app and why?

wire because they use haskell for their servers

iMessage

>>60028316
>mfw it doesn't matter because all of your friends are scattered across different platforms and are reluctant to switch

there really needs to be a universal protocol desu

>>60028316
textra on a phone with wifi calling

>>60028363
There is and it's called xmpp you dipshit.

>>60028316
email because it's literally everywhere - browser, desktop, mobile, everywhere

>>60028433
not good enough

>>60028435
Is e-mail superior to platforms like Telegram or Wire that have desktop clients in addition to their mobile ones?

For some reason e-mail seems more sturdy to me, who knows if all those app companies will exist in 10 years.

Please help, I'm moving away from home and I want something that will stand the test of time to keep in touch with my friends.

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>>60028381

BlackBerry Hub for SMS
It's not really an app, it's built into the OS. Easy access no matter what you're currently doing. Literally everyone has SMS, meanwhile using IM clients you need a metric shitload of different apps because some people prefer Kik, some prefer Facebook Messenger, others use Skype, etc.

>>60028497
Fucking why. When shit gets obsolete just switch you fucking autist.

>>60028687
I'm living a frugal lifestyle and I don't really want to switch between everything that's trendy in the current year. I'll stick to e-mail and maybe an IRC channel.

>>60028497
Telegram isn't going anywhere. The userbase is huge.

just use whatsapp OP.... dont you have friends at all?

>>60028770
Not OP but literally nobody I know uses WhatsApp. Most don't even know what it is. An IM client that nobody you talk to uses is the worst kind of IM client.

>>60028825
Depends on where you are. Here in Eu everyone uses WhatsApp, even my old parents.

>>60028497
>Is e-mail superior to platforms like Telegram or Wire that have desktop clients in addition to their mobile ones?
You're fucking stupid. Every smartphone has a default email program of some kind, everyone who uses a computer with some kind of regularity has an email address of some kind.

>>60028864
Yeah, it seems to be a regional thing. In the States there is no one messenger everyone uses, best to just stick with texting.

>>60028875
>You're fucking stupid. Every smartphone has a default email program of some kind, everyone who uses a computer with some kind of regularity has an email address of some kind.

Did anyone say that they don't? The question was whether e-mail is superior compared to apps that have both desktop and mobile clients.

BBM

>>60028654
>>60029094
samefag blackberry shill

>>60029138
>implying BlackBerry pays people to advertise discontinued products

>>60029094
bbm drains the shit out of my battery....dropped

>>60029138
OP here, BBM was unironically a good option for me, but it's gone now isn't it? See, my point about discontinued products has some merit.

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>>60029094
>>60029138
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>>60029486
This shouldn't even be mentioned on /g/

Pure boomer trash.

>>60029486
No, BBM's still a thing.

doesn' matter which is better because all of them use whatsapp or telegram

>>60029887
Signal.. Yeah no. I actually tried Wire in the meanwhile and it's pretty lit. Thanks to whomever suggested it.

>>60028316
SMS = your phone's stock app
IM = Messenger, because you really should just give in already

>>60028455
It is perfect, tell me one thing bad about it?

>>60030077
>Lit
Leave now!!!

>>60030150
It pains me to give all my data to one company desu

sshtalk

>>60028727
Now this is autism

>tfw all of my friends use telegram
>even the ones who are normies

Everyone has different preferences but really, just use whatever your friends are using. And when your friends start saying 'hey we tried out this other app, you should switch too' then you fucking switch because who gives a shit what app it is and what the UI is like and what features or stickers or other bullshit it has the only reason you're using a messaging app at all is to talk to your friends. Don't form an attachment to some arbitrary piece of software, form a connection with your friends.

Telegram until it explodes due to lack of funds

>>60032641
>backed by CIA
>lack of funds

>>60032641
>Telegram until it explodes due to lack of funds
It has funds