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811.
by pmlnr 6y ago
> Anyone can host a server and talk to anyone on any Matrix server. I host my web, my email, my XMPP, my TURN/STUN, etc, so I gave Matrix a try. In short: it's horrible. It's insanely resource hungry, both synapse and dend
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by pmlnr 6y ago
> Can you run a Prosody server on a rasPI? Easily. > Do you need a static IP? No, but you need access to a domain record to add the required entries for XMPP, and update them if your IP changes. One can do this for free (once you have
813.
by pmlnr 6y ago
I keep seeing this argument, and we all know it's bs. 20 years ago there were many email providers, people simply picked one, or hired someone to set it up and run it for them. The same principles should and could apply for decentraliz
814.
by pmlnr 6y ago
> They’re not losing profits or anything. They are losing face. In oriental cultures, that's bad. EDIT apologies for bad wording. In certain situations, losing face is worth, than losing money - in this very moment, in my opinion, t
815.
by pmlnr 6y ago
Because it's incredibly unstable, and horrible to use? Yes, tried it, even earlier, when it was called GNUsomething. EDIT Ring. It was called Ring.
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by pmlnr 6y ago
> Also easy to self-host a server, if you need full control: Recommended specs will include 16GB RAM only for synapse, SSD storage, etc. If someone wants to self-host, start with Prosody and XMPP, not with Matrix.
817.
by pmlnr 6y ago
If matrix.org were to see this level of influx of users, given their constant scaling problems, they would be down in minutes.
818.
by pmlnr 6y ago
> Everything else would be personal Is that written down anywhere?
819.
by pmlnr 6y ago
Is a group conversation personal? Who decides what is personal?
820.
by pmlnr 6y ago
> but the "just leave" mentality isn't realistic Oh, but it is. You just need to accept a drop in your social circle.
821.
by pmlnr 6y ago
> If whatsapp was still an independent company, they would have to monetize somehow. No, they wouldn't. This thinking is what has lead the world where it is. Say you have 2 billion (10^9) users paying $1 per year. You follow inflati
822.
by pmlnr 6y ago
"This means we will always protect your personal conversations with end-to-end encryption" / https://blog.whatsapp.com/giving-more-time-for-our-recent-up... / Why is "personal" present in that
823.
by pmlnr 6y ago
Talking about tone deaf...that blog granted with a cookie popup, regardless of firefox tracking protection, a plethora ublock plugins, AND the "I don't care about cookies" FF plugin (I have Forget Me Not in the background)
824.
by pmlnr 6y ago
If anything, they are better off with conversations.im, blabber.im, etc for now, given how rough matrix can get.
825.
by pmlnr 6y ago
People are still using dropbox in the age of one-click nextclouds in aws, freenas, digitalocean, etc? Interesting.
826.
by pmlnr 6y ago
signald[^1] + signal libpurple plugin[^2] (finch, pidgin, adium, bitlbee, etc) works beautifully. [^1]: https://gitlab.com/signald/signald [^2]: https://github.com/hoehermann/libpurple-signald
827.
by pmlnr 6y ago
> at least 2 billion potential users. I know people tend to dream big, but... come on.
828.
by pmlnr 6y ago
Compared to ordinary consumer products, I'll keep listing them as prosumer. They aren't mikrotik, or barebones openwrt, rather like dd-wrt. The hardware is indeed a bit lagging, I'm not arguing there, but it's not always
829.
by pmlnr 6y ago
Give AVM and their Fritz!box products a go.
830.
by pmlnr 6y ago
I recommended it heavily, got dismissed immediately.
831.
by pmlnr 6y ago
3 days ago it was 150, I swear.
832.
by pmlnr 6y ago
Not by the people used to WhatsApp. That doesn't do it either.
833.
by pmlnr 6y ago
I agree. The part I don't see is then what plugin should handle which part, and how. Most XMPP clients are plugin based as well. Should the OMEMO plugin then look for aesgcm:// urls, download it, and decrypt it, or should the
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by pmlnr 6y ago
Doing it actively. Try Conversations.
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by pmlnr 6y ago
> Almost no one is going to set up a dedicated local server for all of his conversations 85000 Prosody servers disagree to some level :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25713679
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by pmlnr 6y ago
> has kind of ok UI It has a single UI, so it's out. Wire specifically disallows anything 3rd party.
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by pmlnr 6y ago
Well... that's complicated. On it's own, XEP-0363 (HTTP File Upload) and OMEMO both work well everywhere, even in my horribly overpatched Pidgin. But if you put the two together, Conversations, for example, will encrypt the messag
838.
by pmlnr 6y ago
Neither does XMPP, given it doesn't store it ;)
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by pmlnr 6y ago
That is not a good approach. Every piece of technology has it's place; requiring 2e2 encryption in a group of hundreds is a bad requirement.
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by pmlnr 6y ago
> it was added way too late in the game. That is not a thing with XMPP. The very essence of it is adding things in, and OMEMO is quite good.

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