Happy #GlobalSwitchDay
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You think? I consider these memes more like a reminder of our global to-do list. It doesn't mean we can't selfhost a matrix server at the same time.
Those memes remind me I don't actually hate myself I hate the system I am forced to interface with.
Without them I would not take more action, I would just hate myself more and be even sadder.
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Dqw4, I'll never forget that link.
It’s the XcQ at the end that does it for me.
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Funny, when Facebook started there was almost no one I knew there either. It was its doom. It crashed and burned before it even got off the ground. Orkut still reigns supreme.
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Don't get me wrong, I tried the switch, multiple times.
Where I live the vast majority uses pre-paid plans that give internet bandwidth, some calls but hardly no SMS, so that's not an alternative, unless in an emergency or you want to contact someone unilaterally.
If I want someone to use it, they will have to convince their other circles to do the same, which statically decreases the chances of switching, and you get things like: "but we're already taking fine on Whats(whatsapp)", "it's too much trouble to have another app just for you", "I don't care who's behind the app, its works fine.
To add salt to injury, many places (like stores, restaurants, salons, etc), have WhatsApp as the main communication method, some companies will even have the option to update you on things like delivery or banking solutions via WhatsApp.
It's something so ingrained in our culture at this point that is super hard to change.
I'm not looking for solutions here, just stating a sad state of affairs, I like privacy but it's not always an option living in society.
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Why didn't I hear about this until the day of?
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Is it the band The Contradictions?
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Good point, thats the correct way to look at it.
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Yes! Internet fame achieved!!
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they don't have it on the new app yet, and it's not super intuitive to begin with compared to signal or whatsapp
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matrix and xmpp just don't have the intuitive onboarding that signal has when coming from whatsapp
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And Signal isn’t?!
Signal is centralised.
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techgal*
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Signal is centralised.
You now understood both my point and the OC’s, I hope.
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the new cryptographic protocol protects metadata, like signal. the servers know nothing about any encrypted chats
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Yes! Internet fame achieved!!
Haha awesome. Thanks for sharing your videos
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Kinda feels like bluesky is already going to hell in a handbasket, so maybe not.
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They are treated like letters because they arent instant, like letters. Hell, some emails could take full minutes to send.
Only time I have the problem is when people attach large files. While is the same problem with other "IM" methods.
