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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Why doesn’t a third party just come up with a standard
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 year ago
0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social 1 year ago
Great until they got rid of sms fall back for people that don't have signal
Virkkunen@kbin.social 1 year ago
That pretty much only affected the small percentage of American users that used Signal for the SMS integration. For everyone else it literally made no difference whatsoever.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
It’s not really needed because unlike iMessage, anyone can use Signal.
Link@rentadrunk.org 1 year ago
Matrix. It’s far more open than signal.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 year ago
True, however it’s not as polished as Signal and not as noob friendly. I’ve been using Matrix daily for a couple years using Fluffychat and Element and not much has changed.
Link@rentadrunk.org 1 year ago
Unfortunately, no federated service will be as noob friendly as a centralised service.
It has made improvements although I agree it needs some more work in the ease of use department.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
That’s not a standard
whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Because the technical part has been solved for a while and this has moved into being a social problem. My kids only use iMessage/SMS for people over thirty, and use Snap with all of their friends. In family groups, you standardize on on whatever. Most of my extended family decided on FB Messenger a while ago (I don’t participate, but my wife does and can fill me in.) My immediate family just uses iMessage. Friend groups I’ve seen generally do the same. They pick Telegram or WhatsApp or whatever, and then the quilting club just uses that. This also seems a very US centric issue - basically everywhere else is either on whatsapp or Line or WeChat or whatever.
Virkkunen@kbin.social 1 year ago
https://xkcd.com/927/