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The 50 million using them all lose because they are locked into a monopolistic platform.
by rglullis 3y ago
The 50 million using them all lose because they are locked into a monopolistic platform.
- illiac786 3y agothey can communicate to anyone with WhatsApp, SMS, iMessage.... This is a closed system, not a monopoly.
- bravoetch 3y agoNobody is locked into Signal. It's free to use, and free to leave.
- saagarjha 3y agoThat’s not how platform lock-in works.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 3y agoYou can export to markdown apparently. Who's locked in? It might be a pain to import that into any other app but I don't think any messaging app is going to make that easy. You still have all your data if you want to bail
- eviks 3y ago> pain That's how lock ins manifest themselves
- AniseAbyss 3y ago[dead]
- erhaetherth 3y agoSure. But honestly, what are you hoping for, and does any app provide it? Honest question. I'd prefer a JSON dump but something's better than nothing.