Comment on Signal is Flawed, Why XMPP is Amazing! (new animated video)
mojo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Do you know why they mention Signal (the app), but nobody mentions a single XMPP app? Because there’s not a single good app for it lol.
You expect people to use XMPP how exactly? Is Conversations, that Android kitkat looking $4 app on Google Play the Signal killer app you expect it to be? People pick apps/software, not protocols. Otherwise what do you expect them to do.
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Dino is a much better desktop client than Signal’s imo. Especially because Signal only distributes their desktop app as debs and flatpaks. Mobile apps aren’t as good looking, but Conversations is more performant. iOS clients are the only missing link to make that last point moot, and I think Monal is getting there.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 year ago
Isn’t the only available desktop Signal client Electron bloatware as well?
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
scli exists, but Signal’s support for third party clients is pretty dogshit. The frontend uses signal-cli commands in the background, and worked well when I used it a few months ago.