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Stop promoting services with no federation, they'll just end up in the same spot 10 years from now. EDIT: To the people downvoting this: I said the same thing
by swiley 6y ago
Stop promoting services with no federation, they'll just end up in the same spot 10 years from now.
EDIT: To the people downvoting this: I said the same thing a long time ago about whatsapp before Facebook bought them.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoFacebook messenger and Google hangouts actually had federation. So even that doesn't mean a lot. However I'd also promote federation-first services like Matrix. Only issue with Matrix is the e2e being so clumsy IMO
- franga2000 6y agoGetting people off of WhatsApp onto Signal means taking power away from a closed platform that makes billions from manipulating its users, which is already a win. Signal is not only not that, but is in fact a completely open non-profit project, so it's basically impossible for it to turn into that. Even moving from Fb to Telegram is an improvement in almost all respects and it's sure as hell a lot easier to do than going straight to Matrix/Riot/whatever it is these days. Don't be a purist and let people have their compromises, lest you end up like the "GNU/" part in front of "Linux".