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"There is a design decision that is not open for negotiation: it will be desktop-only. This is due to the my belief that the mobile space has been elegantly sol
by chuckgreenman 11y ago
"There is a design decision that is not open for negotiation: it will be desktop-only. This is due to the my belief that the mobile space has been elegantly solved by other well-written open source software, while the desktop/laptop space could still use an alternative for usable, fun and secure messaging software, developed in the spirit of general purpose computing."
By this logic, why even compete in the web/desktop space? Telegram has mobile, desktop and web clients.
- pigeons 11y agoHe isn't talking about telegram, which isn't open source except the client.
- skrowl 11y agoThe protocol and crypto are also open source. The only thing about Telegram that isn't open source is the server. They've hinted that they might open the server and allow federating in the future, but they have no timeline for doing so.