5 ms·
> cons of Telegram? Also, Telegram is not federated. It is just another vendor lock-in. https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/6841 https://github
by kubanczyk 6y ago
> cons of Telegram?
Also, Telegram is not federated. It is just another vendor lock-in.
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/6841 https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/6841
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/16068 https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/16068
Contrast that to email. Even if gmail.com bans you or shuts down, you can still use a different email vendor or self-host. (You lose your old email address if you don't own a domain, but you can still communicate with others.) The only good IM that has this characteristic seems Matrix.
- qqii 6y agoAs we've seen from XMPP and Matrix federation comes with it's own set of tradeoffs. Matrix (specifically the element client) has come very far but it's still not at a state where I can reccomended it to non technical acquaintances.
- feanaro 6y agoMy non-tehnical acquaintances are using it just fine. Any particular issues you've been having?
- qqii 6y agoIt's been a while since I checked it out but key management on encrypted group chats.
- feanaro 6y agoPerhaps you tried it before key cross-signing? In that case, you had to verify each of your devices with each of your participants devices. Now you only need to verify once per participant. It's much better now in general.