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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (signal.org)

submitted 1 year ago by u_tamtam@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is a better alternative than signal?

[–] u_tamtam@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

XMPP

As I wrote elsewhere in this thread, XMPP would be my preference. It just works. In fact that's what the other messengers (at facebook, Google, …) already use, but chose to put behind a walled-garden.
What matters is that whatever comes next (or, from the past in the case of XMPP) is federated, so no single organization has a single-handed control/monopoly over the network. Matrix and SimpleX are federated alternatives to XMPP, but I don't see Matrix stabilizing any time soon, and SimpleX just isn't ready yet. XMPP can offer you today an experience that's comparable to WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram/…

[–] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My only problem with XMPP (and a lot of other federated protocols) is really the lack of quality clients. Most of them (especially on systems beyond Android and Linux) don't really have that good of a UX, or their UI is kind of bland or dated.

It's something that I hope gets improved eventually. Because having a variety of choices doesn't mean much if none of the choices feel particularly good.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Want a modern android XMPP client? Try monocles chat. Its UI is kind of modern.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

I got mom to use Conversations.

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[–] gr522x@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ended my donations to Signal after discovering they choose Google Hosting Services over open source and privacy respecting alternatives.

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