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I agree with you, but a hardware specific messaging app is just stupid. As you can tell by the length of my last post, thinking about this situation has got me
by brendanmc6 8y ago
I agree with you, but a hardware specific messaging app is just stupid.
As you can tell by the length of my last post, thinking about this situation has got me upset.
So upset, that right now I've decided to launch a non-profit, open collective organization called OOMA. Only One Messaging App.
OOMA will be comprised of the millions of people who are annoyed and upset at the result of tech companies competing for our communication. We are taking things into our own hands. We are agreeing to switch to ONE service, for ALL of our messaging needs. All of us, all over the world, all at once.
We are going to do 5 things, in order:
1. Choose a switch date.
2. Define a spec for the "perfect messaging app" (encryption, licensing, finance model, features, tech, etc.)
3. Invite companies to pitch their app, and/or secure funding to develop our own to spec.
4. Spread the word.
5. Make the switch.
I'm going to prepare a marketing web page and (ironically) a discord server right now. At the very worst it's a fun side project and way to express my anger.
EDIT: OOMA server is live. If you think an app is not the solution, come tell us why: https://discord.gg/CmdgUp https://discord.gg/CmdgUp
- yaacov 8y agoXKCD has a comic for just this situation: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- brendanmc6 8y agoHahaha I had that in my copy clipboard while typing the post :) For real though, has any sort of movement or organization tried to alleviate these problems without financial motivation?
- balladeer 8y agoI would say that would not be done by "an app", nor "a service with an API exposed", but by "a protocol" that other/most/all apps follow. Jabber/XMPP comes to mind, so does Matrix.
- mxuribe 8y agoI encourage you to read about matrix [https://matrix.org https://matrix.org] - the protocol. In addition, there are numerous open source clients to use [https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix]. Also, as far as organizations, matrix.org has recently become a foundation moving towards somewhat you described [https://matrix.org/blog/2018/10/29/introducing-the-matrix-org-foundation-part-1-of-2/ https://matrix.org/blog/2018/10/29/introducing-the-matrix-or...].
- 013a 8y ago> a hardware specific messaging app is just stupid. What's the old phrase? If it looks stupid but it works, its not stupid. Say hello to the world's most valuable public company and what is commonly regarded as the world's highest quality messaging network. A truth technologists hate hearing: You cannot, under any circumstances, solve problems created by code by creating more code.
- dflock 8y agoOoooh - the worlds biggest bikeshed ;)
- brendanmc6 8y agoRight, building another messaging app is not the right approach. But choosing one of the many existing solutions, and somehow convincing all of my social circle to move to it-- that's the problem I want to solve! Has anyone done it before?