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This is a fairly clear and level headed criticism, while I think the 'problem' of centralisation is over stated and the accusations about Signal's motivation ar

This is a fairly clear and level headed criticism, while I think the 'problem' of centralisation is over stated and the accusations about Signal's motivation are unfounded I do appreciate that the author(s?) understand why Signal is popular - "The success of OWS can also be attributed to elitist and bureaucratic positions in the open source community. " I don't see the federation issue as being particularly relevant - at least not until someone else actually sets up a non-OWS server and gains some users for it.

qznc 10y ago
The article also shows the problems with federation, although they do not acknowledge it: > The drafted protocol is called OMEMO and combines the advantages of jabber and Signal. Even though the XEP Process will still take some time, the protocol is stable and can already be used today. On Android devices, users have the ‚Conversations‘ client [8], which offers an experience comparable to Signal, and on the desktop there is a plugin for ‚Gajim‘ [9, 10] under active development, which still has room for user experience improvements. Using one of the readily available tutorials, it is possible today to get started on Linux and Windows. iOS users will have to wait some time due to license issues.