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Seriously. I'm quite a Google maximalist (yea, I know, spare me) and a ~~young-ish~~ not-that-old IT nerd. But even I have lost track of which chat app is currently the supported one / the successor of all the dead ones, and how to get is / use it. If I'm confused, I can't imagine how it is for the average internet user or old people.
Even Google Chat is trash. It can't beat Signal.
Absolutely. What I'm looking for is actually an Alternative to Skype on the Desktop, that is simple enough to use for my mother. Discord is too overloaded for her. Hangouts would have worked. Maybe Google Chat could fill the gap, I don't even know what it can and can't, despite relying Google products heavily. I literally gave up trying to follow their chat efforts years ago.
Just so you know, there is a desktop client of Signal for all major systems:
I haven't used Skype, but depending on use case, Signal might work.
Hm, I think I knew that at some point...but didn't know it could do videocalls. Thanks, might look into that.
It has pretty much everything along with the comfort of it being by a non-profit organisation from one of the former owners of WhatsApp. Video calls, voice calls, group messaging, stickers, emotes, etc.