Comment on Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp
toynbee@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI use both and have been happy with both, but note that Element / Matrix have recently announced the intent to add paid service tiers.
Comment on Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp
toynbee@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI use both and have been happy with both, but note that Element / Matrix have recently announced the intent to add paid service tiers.
cicadagen@ani.social 4 weeks ago
Fair enough, servers cost, you can self host it too…
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Remeber, If it’s “free”, you are the product.
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
A friend hosts my instance. I don’t expect free as in beer hosting, only free as in speech code and protocols.
Batman@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Both technologies are open source. It’s a common model of compensation for the developers, pay as your able.