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I am incredibly disappointed in the Signal team. I don't want cryptocurrencies (or even any payments!) in my primary text app. Crypto/blockchain is fine, but if
by vitno 6y ago
I am incredibly disappointed in the Signal team. I don't want cryptocurrencies (or even any payments!) in my primary text app. Crypto/blockchain is fine, but if I want to use it I'll download a different app.
I'm finding this announcement creates some uncertainty in my head about Signal's long-term future.
- fastball 6y agoHow did you want Signal to monetize?
- RL_Quine 6y ago> Signal Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit. We’re proud of that designation and we’re out to prove that a nonprofit can innovate and scale as well as any business driven by a profit motive. https://signalfoundation.org/ https://signalfoundation.org/
- fastball 6y agoUnsurprisingly money is still needed to pay for development and hosting costs, and Brian Acton's loan won't last forever.
- vitno 6y agoThis explicitly doesn't monetize Signal so this line of argument isn't particularly relevant.
- TameAntelope 6y agoThere seems to be a very large amount of outstanding coin that the founders just happen to control...
- ranguna 6y agoThe CEO of the coin itself said they they are planning on donating a lot of money to signal in the future.
- lrvick 6y agoMaybe like Matrix did? Sell turn key servers for people that lack the time or interest to run their own. Federated and ethical.
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- fastball 6y agoYep, that is one option, though that doesn't seem like the route Moxie wants to take from what I've seen. He seems to think that you need a cohesive centralized platform if you want to be competitive (2016)[1]. At this point if you want federated it probably makes more sense to just use Matrix. [1] https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/