3 ms·
I wish we could go back to the old protocols like RSS, email and SMS. They were open and you could use any client you like and they never had problems with wall
by fxj 9y ago
I wish we could go back to the old protocols like RSS, email and SMS. They were open and you could use any client you like and they never had problems with walled gardens. Sometime you have to lose your freedom to really value it like RMS said.
- creatonez 9y agoWhile I mostly agree, I'm not sure going back to SMS is going to help solve a whole lot of problems-of-the-2010s. I'd rather break free from mass surveillance than embrace it, and standardizing new federated encrypted messaging protocols will do this. Unfortunately, as EFF points out in their recent series about encrypted texting, a one-size-fits-all solution is difficult.
- fxj 9y agoI totally agree. However, SMS is a protocol that just works on ANY mobile phone.