Comment on Discord's Disturbing Ties to Global Surveillance | ID Verification, Palantir, & Thiel
hoppolito@mander.xyz 4 days agoRelying too heavily on one option is what got us into this mess.
I agree with the sentiment but still feel the need to point out: specifically, relying heavily on one proprietary, non-federated option is what did it.
Open software with an established, open protocol (yes, even one as bloated as Matrix) has way less eggs-in-basket danger. The difficulty, last I checked, of self-hosting stoat is one thing that makes me a little wary of it too.
november@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Yeah, that’s a valid point.
I like that Stoat is self-hostable, but the lack of federation or even a way to sign in to multiple different instances in the same app makes me not even want to try. Why should I self-host something when everyone else is going to be on the flagship instance, which mine can’t talk to?