Happy #GlobalSwitchDay

[redsnt@feddit.dk]

I was already on Mastodon by just having a Vivaldi (the chromium browser) account, and it's just lovely
I've spent most of the day setting up lemmy, even though I joined feddit.dk 2 years ago, it's only just now I'm taking it seriously.
And, while not related to the fediverse per se, I switched to linux a year ago.
The only service that's hard to drop/switch away from is Youtube imo.

[meldrik@lemmy.wtf]

As software, PeerTube is great and there’s actually plenty of content to consume if you can find it. The more content creators we can get to use PeerTube, the more appealing PeerTube will also become.

Check this link out, if looking for content: https://peertube.wtf/

[meldrik@lemmy.wtf]

Check this list out: https://lemmy.wtf/post/15816115

[kalcifer@sh.itjust.works]

Matrix is […] distributed […].

It is? How so?

[filthmontane@lemmy.world]

Or just go to rednote instead

[kalcifer@sh.itjust.works]

I do my best to cite any claim that I make. I would encourage others to do the same.

[kemsat@lemmy.world]

I got in! I just had to make an account & I got an email a few minutes later.

[mrrazamataz@lemmy.razbot.xyz]

Made by the same dev as Pixelfed, which did a similar thing.

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

I don't send dick pics or plan terrorist attacks, so if voyeurs or Big Gubmint snoop on my texts they'll be disappointed.

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

postpaid

plan

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

You want to let them rape your computer? I'm not stopping you.

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

You know it says gullible in their ToS?

[viking@infosec.pub]

Sure, just give your data to China and get their ads, who cares.

[e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de]

I do, use Signal if you care about privacy. They are the only game in town when it comes to reasonably secure chat software. Sure, I would prefer a federated alternative but I haven't found one yet that is always end-to-end encrypted, open source, implements forward secrecy, and is user friendly enough to be used by my grandmother.

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

I can't find its libre software licence text file.

[exhaust_fan@lemmy.world]

[Signal] has contact discovery so it owns matrix and xmpp when compared to whatsapp

Can you please elaborate? Idk what this means

[solarpunker@slrpnk.net]

SimpleX is better, you don't even need a phone number.

[solarpunker@slrpnk.net]

Because atm is the most adopted alternative but isn't any better then SimpleX.

[syrc@lemmy.world]

“I’m sick of apps owned by American oligarchs who want to steal my data! This app owned by Chinese oligarchs will surely be a better experience”

[dicjacobus@lemmy.world]

instead of switching ive mostly just been ditching entirely. I need less time interacting with internet people.

literally the only thing on this list im still using is facebook messenger, for my work colleagues. and youtube. everything else ive migrated (reddit-lemmy), or abandoned and torched