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>>quenti+(OP)
With Signal moving away from SMS, the required messaging app stack on my phone just to be able to receive everything sent do me will have to be:

- Signal -> Close friends & family I've convinced to use it.

- WhatsApp -> Most of my friends.

- SMS -> School notifications, 2FA, shipping updates, etc.

- Facebook Messenger -> Elderly relatives

- Telegram -> That one relative who wants to use this instead of Signal.

Is there a consolidated messaging app that the HN community recommends?

I can't be the only one suffering from messenger bloat.

>>joel35+Ub
I don't think that would work, because then they'd just introduce their own messaging standard.

https://xkcd.com/927/

>>benj11+mg
> the difference is that matrix isn't trying to become the One True Standard, but just glue the others together. @xkcdComic

https://twitter.com/matrixdotorg/status/841424770025545730/p...