What would possibly differentiate a chat app?

yeputons 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It works reliably and without surprises. Messages are not lost. No weird errors.

Features: easy to switch devices, including PC. File transfers. Video sharing. Audio-to-text conversion out of the box.

E2EE? F/OSS? P2P?

	▲	inigyou 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In reality, they don't, not really. The only important differentiator is whether your friends use it and whether you have to self-host a server to use it (which has a large impact upon point 1).