The last time I tried to make video chat work with people, we dived between jitsi, facebook messenger, zoom… until something worked well enough. what are people using here now? Jitsi? Google Meet? Whatsapp? Facebook Messenger? Zoom? Skype? Facetime, somehow? The builtin thing in matrix that used to be jitsi but I think they updated it? Microsoft Teams? What?

  • Fares
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    22 years ago

    Before, I used to use Google Duo, now using whatsbapp video calls (quality is poor compared to snapchat video call).

  • Dick Justice
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    362 years ago

    Whatever the other person uses. Everyone uses something different and I raarely feel like convincing someone to switch to something new, much less helping them figure out how to do it. Of my circle of friends, it’s least painful for me to just find out what they already use and install it myself.

  • Margot RobbieM
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    82 years ago

    Zoom was the easiest, since you can send someone a link and the other person doesn’t have to download anything, but I think plenty of other video conferencing apps have that feature now.

  • @rizoid@midwest.social
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    72 years ago

    Mostly Meet. My family is mostly on android and it comes pre installed and built into the phone app most of the time so it’s really easy to get the older family members to use. I did have to have my Parents download it on their iPhones but they didn’t fight cause video calling the grandchild is important lol.

    • danhakimiOP
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      152 years ago

      ah, I forgot about Signal since I don’t like to video chat alone.

        • danhakimiOP
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          42 years ago

          alright, to spell out the joke: nobody uses signal. I wouldn’t be able to pay my friends to install signal. there’s nobody to chat with.

            • danhakimiOP
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              42 years ago

              Really? Are you a web developer? Reporter? The only people I know on Signal are a reporter, who hates using it but needs to for sources, and a friend from undergrad (a tech school) who… probably doesn’t use it anymore, I haven’t actually been in touch with her.

              • @drekly@lemmy.world
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                52 years ago

                It’s functionally the same as WhatsApp, without the Facebook bullshit. It’s not some weird utilitarian program to “hate” 😂

                I use it to speak to all my friends and family.

              • @TheRedSpade@lemmy.world
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                12 years ago

                Likely just not in the US. Many other countries never had unlimited texting plans, so messaging apps that could bypass SMS became very popular when they came about.

                • @drekly@lemmy.world
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                  12 years ago

                  SMS is just old fashioned and outdated around the time we stopped using flipphones and T9

              • MeanEYE
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                12 years ago

                Literally all of my friends use it and since recently even my parents and family. But if you have WhatsApp, Viber, Discord, WeeChat, Kik and Signal… people will say… ah I’ll use Viber to reach you and leave it at that. You have to get rid of others and then people start moving.

        • @Cyberflunk@lemmy.world
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          22 years ago

          If you have 100 friends online, maybe 2 of them will be using signal. Signal’s adoption rate for normies is ABYSMAL

        • TheLemming
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          2 years ago

          Doesn’t make much sense with just one videostream and no audience

          /s

  • @BURN@lemmy.world
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    42 years ago

    FaceTime

    It’s such a rare use case that there’s no point in installing something else for me

    • danhakimiOP
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      62 years ago

      Ah, I figured there wouldn’t be too many FaceTime people in the android community, but here we are.

      • @BURN@lemmy.world
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        72 years ago

        I didn’t even realize I was in the android community tbh. Just scrolling local

        I really should read more before replying 😂

        • ProtonBadger
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          32 years ago

          We’re all friends and some of us have both Android and iOS phones. Facetime is excellent.

          I also use Signal or Skype, though the latter usually from my PC.

  • HipPriest
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    12 years ago

    Usually Meet with my friends and WhatsApp with my family because it’s what they’re comfortable with

  • @nixchick@lemmy.ml
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    42 years ago

    I was lucky to be able to convince most of my family to use Telegram. Now that they are comfortable I can’t get them to try anything else.

  • @chepox@sopuli.xyz
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    112 years ago

    Jitsi.

    No installs required on any participant. No login required (except for host recently). No time limit or user limit (maybe there is but we use it and have never had any problems). Works awesome.

  • TheWoozy
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    52 years ago

    I avoid video chat as much as possible, but use Jitsi at work.