Happy #GlobalSwitchDay

[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

[solarpunker@slrpnk.net]

Briar is better for particular dangerous situations, SimpleX is a 'more confy' great alternative.

[solarpunker@slrpnk.net]

Email is a shitty protocol we should abandon

[solarpunker@slrpnk.net]

The best number-free protocol is SimpleX atm

[phx@lemmy.ca]

Friendica seems like a new thing? No apps for that yet either

[whyjiffie@sh.itjust.works]

It's been here the a long time actually

[whyjiffie@sh.itjust.works]

matrix too has contact discovery, if you add your phone number (or email). most users don't, and that tells me something

[whyjiffie@sh.itjust.works]

I haven't heard of it yet but it's very interesting! link for those who struggle to find it among german search results

[whyjiffie@sh.itjust.works]

or they can also disable submitting issues for now

[whyjiffie@sh.itjust.works]

anti? is it against libre software? because it doesn't seem so

[whyjiffie@sh.itjust.works]

sender, recipient, chatroom, what kind of event you sent (message, emoji, reaction, vote), if you responded to a message, room privilege changes, etc

but it's a question how big of a problem is that. they want to tackle it in the future, but that's far away for now I think

[whyjiffie@sh.itjust.works]

Matrix still lacks some signature fearures of discord that its users like, like one-click voice channels (I heard Element is experimenting with it with video) and guild/channel-level roles. role based access control is being planned for a long time, but it doesn't really go forward unfortunately

[stevo887@lemmings.world]

I saw someone suggest Yandex as a Google substitute in de-Google thread recently...lol

[jollyrogue@lemmy.ml]

Matrix servers keep a copy of any remote room an account on the server has joined, and it’s possible to recreate a room from the copies held on different servers. There are more details I don’t remember, but at a high level that’s how it’s distributed.

Storing messages of remote rooms in addition to local rooms is why people complain about the storage requirements of Matrix servers. They don’t realize it’s distributed.

[doctorbllk@programming.dev]

It's also a pretty rough experience tbh. It took about 2 days for me to gain access after signing up. Only usable via the Android sdk or iOS beta app. The infrastructure just isn't there yet.