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Molly - a better signal (molly.im)

submitted 1 year ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] jack@monero.town 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is dodgy af. Doesn't want any Signal forks (Molly being the only one tolerated) and won't let them connect to the server. That's why the open source version LibreSignal was shut down. He also doesn't want Signal to be on F-Droid, a store which only allows 100% free/open source software.

Take everything coming out of his mouth with a grain of salt.

[–] otl@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Totally agreed the project's actions against the community are shit. From a LibreSignal issue:

I understand that federation and defined protocols that third parties can develop clients for are great and important ideas, but unfortunately they no longer have a place in the modern world.

This sounds like a jaded, cynical individual. It's hilarious, sad, probably even delusional. How do they think the Internet and their operating systems work in this "modern world"? Magic fairy dust? It's difficult, thankless work put in by loads of people around the world despite enormous commercial pressure to do otherwise. Over decades. I respect Signal's work, but it's boneheaded attitudes like moxie's which impede progress, especially for the younger generations.