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I think you're ignoring that this is FOSS. What are they really depending on Spectrum for? Download the data, run the software yourself, and you no longer need
by cheriot 8y ago
I think you're ignoring that this is FOSS. What are they really depending on Spectrum for? Download the data, run the software yourself, and you no longer need them.
The one exception seems to be that it's hosted at a Spectrum owned domain, https://spectrum.chat/apollo https://spectrum.chat/apollo.
- black_puppydog 8y agoFor something that is used to connect to people, having access to the source code is necessary to trust the software to do what it's saying, but doesn't make the platform open. Chat, as any platform for communication, is going to have network effects, and that's what all of these "we're also slack but not" products aim for. That's the only reason I ever interact with slack or facebook. Not because I want to (I don't) or because I love their apps so much (I don't) but because some things/people are simply only to be reached there.
- cheriot 8y agoIf I'm in 5 chat rooms, does it make that much of a difference if they're on one platform or 3? Messaging and social networks have much bigger network effects than slack and spectrum.