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1. Râu Cao ⚡ (raucao@kosmos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 00:07:50 JST Râu Cao ⚡

   The biggest drawback of #simplex seems to be that it doesn't really have multi-device support, or am I missing something? Can't speak to how solid the rest of it is, especially in real use. But it does seem to solve a lot of issues of existing chat protocols, especially regarding privacy and account portability.

   • silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 00:07:49 JST silverpill

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     @raucao I stopped paying attention to it after reading this: https://www.poberezkin.com/posts/2023-10-31-why-privacy-impossible-without-venture-funding.html

   • silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 00:36:06 JST silverpill

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     @raucao They probably wouldn't compromise privacy, but eventually they will have to choose between squeezing money out of users or abandoning the project.

   • Râu Cao ⚡ (raucao@kosmos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 00:36:07 JST Râu Cao ⚡

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     • silverpill

     @silverpill Fair enough. However, the nature of VC doesn't change the nature of the protocol in this case. If they would compromise privacy, they would lose most of their users, since that's the USP of the product.

   • silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 00:42:14 JST silverpill

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     • Hyolobrika

     @Hyolobrika @raucao Because developers who make bad choices usually don't make good software that lasts for decades

     https://mitra.social/objects/018ebe57-a87c-fb38-b163-220f1f2106b3

   • Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 00:42:15 JST Hyolobrika

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     • silverpill
     Why does it matter what the developers think if the actual technology is good? I've never understood that.
   • silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 01:30:34 JST silverpill

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     • Hyolobrika

     @Hyolobrika @raucao Sometimes ecosystems around projects continue to evolve even when the founding organization fails. But this is rare

   • Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 01:30:35 JST Hyolobrika

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     • silverpill
     What if someone forks the client or reimplements it?