Facebook was blocking Distrowatch

[mwa@lemm.ee]

Sounds like a cool app but idk about it's missing features.

[irelephant@lemm.ee]

Like pidgin?

[ceebee_eh@lemmy.world]

I've never used beeper, but I've been using Ferdium for years I have all in one app:

• WhatsApp
• Hangouts
• Discord
• Element (Matrix)
• Nextcloud Chat
• Lemmy

[africangrey@lemmy.zip]

Cue people spouting:
"But muh marketplace!"
"But muh friend from highschool I haven't spoken to in a decade!"
"But muh extended family I barely even know exist!"

Any excuse to keep hitting that crack pipe.

[samespot@lemmy.world]

Wait pidgin still works?

[grumpyduckling@sh.itjust.works]

Many people get their news and information from these platforms. This let's them truly control what people see and think. They can block information about atrocities and feed people misinformation. They're just doing it more now that they definitely won't face any repercussions.

[irelephant@lemm.ee]

Yeah, I use it daily. There is discord and teams plugins for it.

[samespot@lemmy.world]

How to install whatsapp and telegram plugins?

[irelephant@lemm.ee]

https://www.pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type= There is a list of them here.

[carbonbasednpu@lemm.ee]

The only distro I haven't had that happen on was gentoo because the thought of reinstalling it makes me go "actually this is fine"