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Why the world isn't already using Signal is why Signal is the wrong tool to switch to. The world will neither like the same messenger nor will it make the swit
by tcfhgj 1y ago
Why the world isn't already using Signal is why Signal is the wrong tool to switch to.
The world will neither like the same messenger nor will it make the switch at the same time.
So you need to give people the choice to choose an app they like without needing to convince their social network to do the same (potentially x-times, because you are not their only contact).
This is why you should switch to a messaging standard such as Matrix, not a centralized messenger.
- poisonborz 1y agoOr just have governments enforce iteroperability which the EU is doing. This will invalidate e2ee to those parties initially but makes the eventual switch 100% easier.
- tcfhgj 1y agoI wish it would help, but ATM there isn't a single chat system I know which uses the EU legislation to connect to WhatsApp.
- poisonborz 1y agoIt is only enforceable since a few months. Group chat comes in 2026 and voice/video in 2028. This is still a developing story. One of the problem is that the developers need to explicitly ask for interop and they are seemingly not doing it.
- illiac786 1y agoJust have multiple apps, that’s it. Then you will have a venn diagramm, people with WhatsApp (a lot), those with signal only (no one almost) and those with both (getting more and more, in my circles). I reach to signal to contact a person and if they don’t have it I’ll consider WhatsApp or RCS or iMessage…