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> - They claim federation is impossible… yet matrix has it. I believe the claim was that it's hard to adapt to changing markets and be federated [1]. Comparing
by Vinnl 1y ago
> - They claim federation is impossible… yet matrix has it.
I believe the claim was that it's hard to adapt to changing markets and be federated [1]. Comparing Signal's market share to Matrix's is obviously not a direct cause-and-effect, but Matrix hasn't yet proven that you can get mass adoption that way.
> - They claim openness but are actively hostile to linux distributions and f-droid.
I'm too lazy to find the specific GitHub comment, but IIRC there was a specific list of features they'd need to actively support F-Droid. It is now available in the Guardian Project's F-Droid repository though [2].
[1] https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
[2] https://guardianproject.info/apps/org.thoughtcrime.securesms/ https://guardianproject.info/apps/org.thoughtcrime.securesms...
- LtWorf 1y ago> but Matrix hasn't yet proven that you can get mass adoption that way. Neither has signal. I can contact more people with GPG than with signal.
- Vinnl 1y agoNo, but Signal doesn't have to prove that centralised services can be successful: other services have already done that for them. At the same time, it has reached far more regular users than Matrix has. I believe market penetration is at about 15% here in the Netherlands, which is a ways off from WhatsApp, but a pipe dream for Matrix.