Is Briar a good option for encrypted messaging and file transfer?

After the Matrix file upload limit thing, I’m looking to move away from the messages stored on a server paradigm both to avoid having to pay for file uploads and because it doesn’t make sense to host files on a server indefinitely if they’re only intended for one other person and don’t need to be kept for very long.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialEnglish
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      9 hours ago

      Second this.

      • message delivery can be iffy
      • VoIP works well
      • you connect with people like a normal app that isn’t going to scare your family off, not trying to get them to put in GUIDS
      • it has all the creature comforts, attached/embedded photos, markup, attached files, attach pictures, share your location for 10 minutes (I’m on my way), history editing, deleting
      • it has concurrent multi device support, so you can get messages on your phone, tablet, and desktop at the same time
      • There’s a full desktop client (Electron, i think 🤮 but it works)
      • the dev team is small and they seem to like to work more on features than user issues. development is slow
      • multi-person groups work fine

      It’s still the best E2E messaging system I’ve found; the only one my mom, wife, and sisters-in-law reliably use.

      I just want them to focus on fixing the sketchy DHT that seems to cause every problem.