@LadyNeuroFunk I use #XMPP as my primary medium of communication, be it chat or audio/video calls.
I ask non-geek contacts to install #Quicksy (Quicksy website) or #Prāv (Prāv website). If they are averse to phone number registration, I suggest regular XMPP clients and servers. There’s also the paid hosting and self-hosting route, and unlike #Matrix it’s actually easy and economical to do.
I also wrote a user’s guide to XMPP.
Down with proprietary and centralized platforms! ✊ Say no to #Discord #Telegram #WhatsApp and #Signal.