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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

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2071 points JustSkyfall | 5 comments | 18 Sep 25 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.616s | source
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v3ss0n ◴[18 Sep 25 06:30 UTC] No.45286217[source]▶
Zulip is much better alternative due it it's threaded nature and it have nice slack import tool. Please give a try.
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1. bfelbo ◴[18 Sep 25 06:45 UTC] No.45286317[source]▶
Would love to use Zulip, but the bad mobile app reviews are scaring me off.
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2. reeredfdfdf ◴[18 Sep 25 06:51 UTC] No.45286360[source]▶
At my work we use Zulip, and I haven't really found many people complaining about it. At least on iOS works just fine for me.
3. jacinda ◴[18 Sep 25 06:55 UTC] No.45286398[source]▶
I would recommend trying it anyway. The really poor reviews are from 5-8 years ago when it was legitimately difficult to use. They recently rolled out an overhaul that's significantly improved.

We used Zulip at a company I was at (about a decade ago) and everyone on the engineering team refused to switch from it to Slack, even when it looked like Dropbox might end the product because it was so loved (it's completely independent now so that's not been a concern for a long time).

4. porker ◴[18 Sep 25 06:59 UTC] No.45286433[source]▶
We found worse mobile apps was good because it put boundaries around our interactions and kept us using it in a focused way during work hours.
5. grues-dinner ◴[18 Sep 25 08:06 UTC] No.45286898[source]▶
The Zulip app is just fine, at least on Android.