I tried SimpleX but the VPN kill switch on my phone prevents syncing with my computer.

I use telegram primarily as a note taking app with sync features.

Occasionally I send files to friends, so having easy set up for tech illiterate would be great.

    • heftig@beehaw.org
      82·
      3 months ago

      Signal is not available for Android tablets, which was a deal breaker when I tried to move my family off Telegram.

          • dwindling7373@feddit.itEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            “Don’t you guys have phones?”

            Also, I htought 99% of tablets connect to the mobile network using a SIMcard, but even if you rely only on wifi, see my previous quote.

            • heftig@beehaw.org
              1·
              3 months ago

              It does. The Signal app for Android does not support being a secondary device. It must be the primary device with a phone number.

              In addition, whatever Play Store settings they use excluded all of our tablets, even the one that had a SIM. Manually installing the APK worked for this case, but that didn’t really solve our problem.

              • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                It does. The Signal app for Android does not support being a secondary device. It must be the primary device with a phone number.

                do you mean that it does not have a prompt for the SMS code anymore, and it reads the code only from the received SMS?

                In addition, whatever Play Store settings they use excluded all of our tablets, even the one that had a SIM

                that’s a weird choice, I thought a main goal of them was user freedom