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And I'm sure Usenet is just fine for the people who are still on it. For the mass market, it might be a different story. It's not like the masses are piling on
by greesil 3y ago
And I'm sure Usenet is just fine for the people who are still on it. For the mass market, it might be a different story. It's not like the masses are piling onto mastodon atm so maybe it'll always be niche unless someone finds a way to make a buck with it.
- dmix 3y agoAnd maybe Signal will win the chat wars considering how much morally / intellectually better everyone feels using it
- toastal 3y agoI hope not. Signal accounts require a phone number and an Android or iOS primary device or you can’t use the service. There are already good, decentralized options that don’t require a phone at all. The time-tested XMPP+OMEMO has the characteristics I need while having the hardware requirements of a toaster compared to other options.
- Moldoteck 3y agoYeah suuure... They have problems with transfering backups from one platfor to another(you can't officially transfer history from say android to desktop/ios) and this issue is from at least 2015...
- ikt 3y agoI think he means it's not an issue even if Mastodon does remain niche, we're quite happy here how it is, Fosstodon went invite only recently because it felt like the server was becoming too generalised