Happy #GlobalSwitchDay

[zeon@lemmy.world]

I agree. If it's not libre from the start, we should not trust it. The term "open source" is ambigious, they could put it under some other license where they can just go closed source again.

[elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world]

So Matrix it is?

[elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world]

So, is Matrix like halfway between Whatsapp and Discord? I downloaded it and I still don't know much about it. I felt like it was more Whatsapp-like

[nighth4wk@discuss.tchncs.de]

Here Revolt is suggested as an alternative to Discord which looks quite similar.

https://retro-gaiden.com/@Oregon_Pacifist/113929785493554770

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

This doesn't help.

[elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world]

Apart from that, it has to compete against the content monopoly Youtube has on the video platform

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

Loops is anti-libre software confirmed.

[theentity@lemmy.world]

There is always SMS for these.

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

Bad on-boarding

[elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world]

Yeah, it is already hard to find reasons to use it for the average user, so people with disabilities (deafness, blindness,intellectual etc.) probably even have reasons to NOT use them (no subtitles, each instance might have different elements or structure that might be a nightmare for screen readers, it might be too complex for some people, etc.).

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

I’ll

That's why Signal's spreading and your not.

[itsapersonn@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Right in the Signal box, it says "Or Matrix/XMPP". It's super tiny for some reason.

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

No ones paying for SMS.

[arken@lemmy.world]

Hey, wouldn't it be great if Signal still supported SMS?

[elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world]

Wouldn't Matrix be a better alternative to Signal, since it doesn't need a number and the main/default instance (matrix.org) is based on the EU? Maybe it has a too difficult learning curve to the average user, though

[pseudo@jlai.lu]

At least WhatsApp is encrypted and let you have propre group chat

[potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish]

That means very little to me. Actions speak louder than words, and it would probably help the development of loops if it was actually open source.

[theentity@lemmy.world]

Personally I see no benefit in it.

[periodicallypedantic@lemmy.ca]

Are you kidding me?
I thought it was more than that when I called it a ghost town.

Imagine if in the entirety of Lemmy, in all channels of all instances, there was a total of 6 posts per hour, and none of them were in channels you wanted to subscribe to.

[autonomoususer@lemmy.world]

It's a scam, anti-libre software.