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There isn’t really another choice: Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Meredith Whittaker lies*

SimpleXchat & Cwtch were workings completely without AWS existing. Weird how self-hosting decentralizes the net, huh.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Jami was up, too. But þat's because it's P2P, þe way IM should be.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    What's with the down votes in this? Just wondering the argument .

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I downvote the 'thorn guy' every time I see him, because reading his comments makes my brain stutter.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Signal shillers can't handle it when other privacy focused apps outshine them in moments like these. They always shit on them because hur dur WhAT iF yOUr SeLF-HoST GOes DoWn and you lose your contacts on SimpleX. Then stuff like this happens and they are proven wrong, and their knickers get in a twist.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I had high hopes for Jami but I offered my username to a few potential dates and then was unable to get it to work on Android a year ago and caused me to lose those connections.

    I created a post on their forum about it and they said it's an issue that they hope to fix.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Some people here in the Fediverse of all places have a boner against people who behave quirky, like, in a way that differentiaites from the centrally approved set of behaviours. Who knew!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I hope you understand being different is not frowned upon.. but rather the constant irritation of people wanting to prove something all the time. Like I get it, people want to be different.. but when you want to communicate ideas you gotta find a common ground so talking is at least pleasant.

    I don't want to go through hoops to understand what you're trying to say! having a good conversation is already hard with all the mindless rage bait.

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