Happy #GlobalSwitchDay
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I like this. I hope it starts conversations. Does anyone know if there are good alternatives to Discord?
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PipePipe is on F-Droid
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Yes but it is still better than SMS.
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My trouble as well, I'd love to switch from Whatsapp, but literally every person I talk to and most people in my city/estate/country uses It.
There's a "vendor lock" term, maybe this would be a "social lock"?
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You don not have a solution.
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No, Matrix is federated differently.
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No, that's anti-libre software.
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Loops is anti-libre software.
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I was told that unless you self host, matrix is less secure because it leaks more metadata. Something to consider
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Thank you. Please jump in faster with a tldr of this on copycat posts.
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Is there an app for Loops.video?
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Saying it's secure feeds their scam. At least we don't pay for it like SMS.
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There is one !
I have downloaded the APK, but I think there is also a testflight for iOS -
Yes, there is Matrix
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Damm, didn't know that, good to know
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TeamSpeak is doing an overhaul to be similar to Discord. You can self host.
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There benefit would be exactly what this top comment is about. For all those people in your contacts who don't use signal, you could still use signal to message them, it would just be an SMS message. It would therefore also become more enticing for people to switch from their stock SMS app to signal, because it would make no difference in terms of who you can send SMS messages to. It would allow for the signal user base to grow, solving the issue of "no one uses signal"
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There are a few that I can't recall off the top of my head
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You still pay for SMS? Wtf, what country do you live in? Most postpaid mobile plans these days only charge for data usage. In which case, your still paying to use WhatsApp.
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It has to start with someone. I made my entire family switch to signal by boycotting WhatsApp. I just said, of you want to contact me your can either SMS, email or install signal. It was surprisingly easy. For non family members, I tell people to switch all the time. Most of my contacts now use signal. It was worth the trouble.
