He used to federate, he said he reckons he lost a year of development in the attempt. His argument is federation makes change difficult - and a private company

He used to federate, he said he reckons he lost a year of development in the attempt. His argument is federation makes change difficult - and a private company can centralise the protocol (like Slack or WhatsApp) leading to a better user experience because they're not tied to getting everyone to agree to a change. You can read his arguments here: https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ and here: https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217231557 https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...