So much for waiting on the wait-list.... But I'm excited!!!!
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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This scans as VCs trying to enclose the internet. If you wanted a communications protocol standard
- we have many of these
- what’s wrong with ActivityPub?
what’s wrong with ActivityPub?
End-to-end encryption is still a work in progress there, but also that's more of a social media protocol than a chat protocol.
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tell me how this is better than simply changing all my usernames to "CorsicanGuppy is only on Jabber now, so reach out there" and shutting them all down.
(Actually I liked when pidgin worked, as I could receive on walled platforms and respond on open platforms)
But still, continuing to use closed platforms allows them to perpetuate. Sendmail killed bitnet, and we need to only continue that trend.
Just a shame their android app needs play services for notifications, even though Element upstream does not
Got in yesterday. iMessage is working fine through it. I wonder for how long if this gets traction.
I love beeper - very excited for people to get access to it