Post APGIK8SAJwfUeokLzs by AlexVoss@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #APGIK6xdrwes1rSSmW by elagost@fosstodon.org
       2022-11-03T21:08:35Z
       
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       RE: arm64 signal flatpak (for pinephone/librem 5)I will not be shipping "stories". I think most social media is bad, but centralized social media is especially bad and I won't support it. Either I will remove stories from my builds (already found a way to patch out the button) or I stop building signal flatpaks altogether. Adding social media garbage to a service already full of papercuts was the last straw for me.Yes I know it's ironic I'm saying "social media bad" on a social media site.
       
 (DIR) Post #APGIK7Rm3ulFXJYWkS by AlexVoss@fosstodon.org
       2022-11-03T21:30:32Z
       
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       @elagost Would be interested to know what the "papercuts" are? I am not sure about the "stories". Perhaps it's needed to reach new demographics? I installed Signal recently but was somewhat put off by the way it uses my mobile number as a handle. It's sitting there for now.
       
 (DIR) Post #APGIK7yk5L8HBYyr8S by elagost@fosstodon.org
       2022-11-03T21:53:25Z
       
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       @AlexVoss - phone number requirement- no linux aarch64 binaries (user must build them)- electron desktop app (but no webapp)- requires android/iOS to use as the "primary" and link it to "desktop" clients- privacy app labels an APK download (for degoogled android) "danger zone" and suggests using app stores are better- hostile toward 3rd party clients- closed server src for a year to ship cryptocurrencyEase of use and security are the only good points. I could go on.
       
 (DIR) Post #APGIK8SAJwfUeokLzs by AlexVoss@fosstodon.org
       2022-11-03T22:03:55Z
       
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       @elagost There must be federated alternatives to Signal, right? Any of them good and well governed? (I know, it's a big ask)
       
 (DIR) Post #APGIK8skj5w3zHBaRE by elagost@fosstodon.org
       2022-11-04T10:24:13Z
       
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       @AlexVoss XMPP. https://xmpp.org/getting-started/It has been around for decades. There are many clients/servers, all easy to set up and run. Matrix is newer, and good, but leaks metadata and both client/server are resource intensive software (not a problem unless you use a pinephone/old computer).The problem is XMPP isn't an "app", so nobody normal I know will use it. Pick a client, pick a provider, sign up just like email. Simpler, but not "easy" like Signal. Requires the user to make a decision.