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Here's their stance on federation: https://whispersystems.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
by marco1 10y ago
Here's their stance on federation: https://whispersystems.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
- problems 10y agoThey're pretty critical of XMPP but aren't there direct counter examples to it, like Conversations https://conversations.im https://conversations.im for one.
- anc84 10y agoConversations is the only counter example and only came into the scene fairly recently. Before, XMPP on Android (my OS) was not fun and battery draining.
- a3_nm 10y agoFortunately, as the code is under a free license, F-Droid or anyone else can ship their own builds no matter what Open Whisper Systems prefer.
- marco1 10y agoBut there's a catch: They may not name it "Signal", probably.
- whodknee 10y agoFirefox does the same thing, and I can see the reasoning behind it.
- gjjrfcbugxbhf 10y agoBut their users won't be able to talk to signal users. It is hard enough trying to persuade people to use signal. Getting critical mass for a fork would be even more difficult.