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).
In addition to the ones listed:
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Matrix client (Element, Shildichat, Fluffy chat, etc.)
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XMPP client (Conversations, Monocles Chat, Blabber, etc.)
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SimpleX Chat
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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
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Signal recently added usernames. I’m not sure if you still need a phone number to sign up, though.
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Jitsi
Jami? Also Nextcloud Talk though my results with that haven’t been great. I’ve been wanting to try Jami.
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
