On Du, 27 iun 21, 11:50:59, Celejar wrote: > 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.
Criticizing is of course fair game, lumping it in together with WhatsApp, Facebook and Telegram seems excessive to me. > (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.) Yes, with the potential risk of doing more harm then good. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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