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Making this argument whilst ignoring the trade-offs of federation (that Signal has historically addressed) is somewhat disingenuous and a little fundamentalist.
by growse 2y ago
Making this argument whilst ignoring the trade-offs of federation (that Signal has historically addressed) is somewhat disingenuous and a little fundamentalist.
- wuiheerfoj 2y agodo you have any breakdown on the trade-offs? Most HN commentary focuses on FUD around the signal founder rather than technical reasons why it shouldn’t be federated and would love to understand them better
- jmprspret 2y agoMoxie wrote an extensive blog post outlining the reasons they were not going to make use of a decentralised system. I believe its this post here, but someone correct me if this is the incorrect link: https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/