You're technically right, although it does come with lightning/bitcoin integration ā and a userbase of primarily cryptobros supplying the nonsense part.
As in a folder of text files? Because that's what I'm doing. Syncing across devices with Syncthing and editing/adding files with whatever markdown editor works best in each platform.
It was LibreSignal. That was a small scale but public meltdown from Signal's founder, however. "Signal" is already a common term and as such hard to claim sole rights over.
In the same github thread he, Moxie Marlinspike, also insisted that LibreSignal abstain from using Signal's servers, which sort of defeats the purpose of a third party app. Signal's initial federation with other servers was rolled back, which again paints an image of a budding data silo.
You're right, Molly seems to have navigated the third party relationship better, perhaps because Marlinspike has been replaced with new leadership as well?
My Ā¢2 is this: At this point, with tech leaders making hard right political turns, or just idiosyncratic attacks like Wordpress' Mullenweg, trust in centralised services should be at a minimum.
Signal already foisted a cryptocurrency (that, incidentally, Marlinspike had consulted on) on their users. Controversial self-serving isn't new to the organisation, and with full control of a significant share of the private/secure IM market, it's only a matter of time before their stewardship veers of track.
I'm not going to lie, "chatmail" made me snort š
Using mail protocols for chat always seemed like a natural, pragmatic solution to a problem that people have been overthinking for decades.
Back when I tried Delta first, it was a bit janky (can it really be 10+ years ago?), so I'm glad they've smoothed out the kinks and getting people onboard more easily.
"Signal is better than WhatsApp" is certainly faint praise. Signal is centralised, and has historically been hostile to third party developers who dared play in their sandbox. Signal likes to flaunt their FLOSS and privacy cred, but it's basically built as another data silo, and pretty aggressively protecting their "brand".
This thread is such a beautiful example of freeze peach foghorns not giving a good damn about freedoms, they just want to force their bullshit on the biggest possible audience.
Gotta hand it to OP for the sizeable hole they dug themself in no time flat.
I've tried LocalSend for this, but I usually end up using more reliable ways like Syncthing (not instantly transfered, but at a decent speed) or sending myself the file on Element for Matrix (as good as instantaneous).
[Gene] Roddenberry created a universe that was utopian in his ideals [ā¦] but people need to understand that these things donāt happen without sacrifice.
Yeah, Pike really should have thought of that in The ones who walk away from OmelasLift us where suffering cannot reach.
For low end dum-dums like me, https://sabre.io/baikal/ is a simpler, but very stable caldav solution. I bet Radicale has more features, but did I mention being low end? š
I appreciable the attention to detail that made them add a Doppler effect when the ship flies away š
At the same time as I'm completely fine with sound apparently playing in a vacuum, I'm having a nice thing here, okay?