Usually when alternatives for messaging apps are recommended it’s Signal, Threema or Element but all of them still seem to have small inconveniences (Signal is American, Threema isn’t free and Element just seems too complicated).
Today I stumbled upon Delta Chat for the first time and it seems to be the ideal solution. It’s european, free, open-source, decentralised, usable on almost any device and privacy focused. But the fact that I’ve never heard about it before makes me hesitant.
Has anyone of you used it and can share their experience?
Edit: Here’s a link to their official website: https://delta.chat/en/
Threema is free as in free speech, just not free as in free beer: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.threema.app.libre/
Threema is swiss and that is an issue by now,sadly.
Why is that?
https://tuta.com/en/blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan
While it has been postponed a bit it’s still on the table and even the current laws are far more far reaching than what the EU has. (And Switzerland is well known for intelligence service overreach. Look up the fichenskandal)
And Threema is pretty close to the swiss government in a lot of aspects.