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What is interesting to me is that Slack sees themselves as a competitor to email. I feel similarly about Matrix, and I hope that the Matrix protocol does eventu
by CameronNemo 6y ago
What is interesting to me is that Slack sees themselves as a competitor to email. I feel similarly about Matrix, and I hope that the Matrix protocol does eventually gain the wide adoption seen by email. Unfortunately Slack lacks a lot of features that are necessary for it to compete with email on a wide scale:
* end-to-end encryption support (this is the main value add for email competitors)
* support for federation and self-hosting
* multiple independent client implementations
- vulcan01 6y agoIs > end-to-end encryption support > multiple independent client implementations something that your average user really wants? Most people don't use encryption, and are fine with the standard Mail app on their phones.
- nix23 6y agoHe means for Business (and i hope your IT-Department cares about secure communication). And no, most people USE encryption, because they don't use Email, but Whats-App.
- vulcan01 6y agoFair enough. To your second point, do people use WhatsApp because of encryption, or because of its other features / community lock-in?
- detaro 6y agoThey probably see themselves as a competitor primarily to email inside an organization. Very different priorities.