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[astro_ray@piefed.social]

I donated with open collective before and it was a pretty smooth experience

[ulrich@feddit.org]

You should use Friendica!

I might think about if I could actually see absolutely anything without creating an account.

[ulrich@feddit.org]

• PixelFed
• SUP
• Loops
• fedidb
• pubkit

Five.

[nursery2787@lemmy.ml]

Simplex is a much closer alternative

[astro_ray@piefed.social]

Or XMPP for those who doesn't like matrix

[dilroopgill@lemmy.world]

you go on matrix and some of the communities are like no matrex bad goto simplex we're there now

[suoko@feddit.it]

The number of cell phone companies is so high nowadays that it could be compared to the number of fediverse instances.
They would just need a prepackaged docker to set it all up and they would just do it.
No need for eternal history of messages and media, they could manage it a la WhatsApp.

[hmmm@sh.itjust.works]

Matrix? Just use telepathy already! /s

I prefer Matrix over Signal because it required personal numbers.

[hmmm@sh.itjust.works]

Sup is more like Messenger I guess? Signal is will fit more.

[jackalope@lemmy.ml]

The only part that isn't open source is their spam filter.

[jagged_circle@feddit.nl]

Nope. Google deps

[jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world]

Stuff like this is a major, major component of dealing with nazis.

And even after they're dealt with, it's a better way of doing things, anyway. If it's a company, you're not on their social media platform, as much as you can possibly manage.

Which is a lot.

[sudneo@lemm.ee]

I don't know how sup will be, but signal is a mature product, run by a nonprofit, with functional apps etc. I moved my group of friends and my family years ago and it has all the essential features. People want stuff that just works, especially for talking and communicating daily. I doubt sup will be the same level of maturity while also offering the same security and privacy features as signal does, at least for years to come.

[scrollone@feddit.it]

Also, Google will kill RCS sooner or later.

[itjustdonn@slrpnk.net]

Isn't Hubzilla the next one they made?

[matombo@feddit.org]

still more work then just letting google handle it for them, so wont happen

[perfectly_boiled_pizza@lemmy.world]

I worked for years in one of the biggest in telecom companies in Europe. They supported RCS for about 2 years, before they stopped. I tried to restart the project, but there was no interest. It is viewed as a waste of money since customers already use Google Messages, iMessage, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and WhatsApp.

[warmaster@lemmy.world]

Centralized. Not good. Conversations is on fdroid and is decentralized, federated, and uses a mature and battle tested protocol. If I wanted something new, I would prefer Matrix over Signal.

[deway@lemmy.world]

People act like we need an alternative to Whatsapp but XMPP/Jabber exists and is much older.

[renzev@lemmy.world]

I tried using it with a friend, and it completely nuked my phone's battery, while my friend's phone silently killed it (likely for using too much battery). I understand that truly privacy-respecting messengers will always use slightly more power than apps that use the google notification thing, but simplex is just a complete power hog beyond any reasonable limit. Hopefully they fix it at some point, it seems like a pretty solid messenger otherwise, and their approach to privacy and anonymity is unparalleled, at least in theory.