apparently I didn’t ask the correct question with my last post: I’m looking for a foss messenger I can also send audio and video with and have a conversation over the smartphone not needing to use voip (and not needing a phone number).
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Jami? Also Nextcloud Talk though my results with that haven’t been great. I’ve been wanting to try Jami.
In addition to the ones listed:
Matrix client (Element, Shildichat, Fluffy chat, etc.)
XMPP client (Conversations, Monocles Chat, Blabber, etc.)
SimpleX Chat
Briar
None of them are tied to your phone number if that’s what you mean by non voip.
I vote for matrix / fluffy chat
Jitsi
Signal recently added usernames. I’m not sure if you still need a phone number to sign up, though.
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I think you’re confusing things. VoIP means voice over IP. So anytime you can talk to somebody over the internet, you’re using a form of VoIP.
To have an app that doesn’t use voip but lets you talk over the internet is a contradiction and just confuses your question.
I think you’re real question is: what voice and messaging apps don’t require a phone number registration
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/
From the above your options are: simplex, element / matrix