On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 16:51:21 +0300 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
... > Well, apparently lots of people[1] seem very upset about and hell bent > to change Signal's (the service) policies on federation, third-party > clients, etc. > > Why? There's Matrix, that already has all that. Why insist that > everybody else has to do that as well? Live and let live, anyone? > > [1] not referring to anyone in particular Should we not criticize software and services that we find problematic just because alternatives exist? Moreover, I suspect that Signal's dominance plays a role in hindering the growth of things like Matrix - when all the privacy and security Big Names rave over Signal and push it so strongly, then due to network effects (within the privacy and security conscious community), it becomes more and more necessary to use it. This is similar to what I assume many Signal users feel about WhatsApp - frustration that they have an altogether far superior solution, that they are severely hampered in their ability to use because everyone else is using the inferior solution ;) (Please don't get me wrong - I agree that Signal is a far, far, superior alternative to WhatsApp, and that the difference between them is much greater than the difference between Signal and Matrix - I just mean that people always criticize the shortcomings of dominant software systems in order to promote the ones they consider preferable and to increase their usage, which renders them much more useful due to network effects.) Celejar
