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as opposed to something like a Signal group chat
by walrus01 5y ago
as opposed to something like a Signal group chat
- gnuj3 5y agoThe only thing that stops you from having Signal group chat is you and people you talk to. When I deleted WhatsApp few years ago, I dropped a message to all my contacts informing them I'm moving to Signal and I included a link if they wanted to download it. Alternatively, I'm happy to still use iMessage/SMS or e-mail. 80% of my friends installed Signal.
- emptysongglass 5y agoMy "graceful" fallback is similar to yours but Telegram --> Delta Chat (it's just email to them) --> Element (Matrix) --> Snikket (XMPP). Basically by the time they've gotten to the second step I already have a way of talking to them. I have maybe 1 or 2 people on Element and Snikket 0.
- ummonk 5y agoSignal’s leadership is well known for being hostile towards forks and alternative clients. It seeks to be a monopoly too. I think that’s the right call, as it maximizes user-friendliness, but if your overriding concern is monopolies then Signal is not the messaging system you should be advocating.
- dane-pgp 5y ago> it maximizes user-friendliness Unless the user wants to get their packages from F-Droid[0], or wants a chat client that doesn't come bundled with a crypto coin. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/fdroid/comments/q1jnbb/why_isnt_signal_at_fdroid/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fdroid/comments/q1jnbb/why_isnt_sig...