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Oliver Lowe@lemmy.sdf.org
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Some interesting thoughts on this from the Signal creator: https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/

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u_tamtam@programming.dev
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And an objection by the author of a popular XMPP client: https://gultsch.de/objection.html

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Oliver Lowe@lemmy.sdf.org
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That’s a good response I hadn’t read before - thanks. Still so relevant 7 years on.

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u_tamtam@programming.dev
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And since that time, XMPP has improved significantly (more integrated with other protocols, more efficient client and server implementations, bridges from and to activitypub, more approachable, easier to self-host…), but Signal.looks to have … stagnated? Well… the crypto payments/web3 shady stuff aside :)

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👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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of a popular XMPP client

10k downloads for a hideous outdated app is popular now?

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u_tamtam@programming.dev
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FYI that’s an app that’s used by the German police and in several other “sensitive” contexts where users won’t just pull it from the play store :) ISIS even had their own fork at a point.

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👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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Yeah and that doesn’t change the fact that decentralization is better for freedom

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