There is a great benefit to using decentralized services. They cannot be taken down by any entity, and control over data is in the hands of server hosts, rather than one company. Once running and popular enough, a decentralized service will continue to exist. With so much infrastructure owned by so many different people, no single person can “decide” to take it down.
That said, WireMin is still a scam, please read my other comment for more info. Use whichever chat application works best for you.
You’ve basically ignored the question, and instead explained why decentralized services can’t be taken down.
The answer is that there is no good reason to use this above Mastodon, as Mastodon is free and open source, is not a scam, alongside having a larger community.
Signal is a different type of application entirely, so comparing the two doesn’t really make sense.
WireMin markets itself as a decentralized service. The question was “why use this”, so I mentioned the pros of using decentralized services. I did not ignore the question. WireMin should not be used. Other (truly) decentralized protocols like Matrix, XMPP, or anything running on ActivityPub have benefits over services owned by companies like Signal or Telegram.
However, most people are locked into a platform by their contacts, and their contacts choice of chat application. If most (or all) of your contacts are already on Signal, there’s no good reason to use anything else.
deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 10 months ago
There is a great benefit to using decentralized services. They cannot be taken down by any entity, and control over data is in the hands of server hosts, rather than one company. Once running and popular enough, a decentralized service will continue to exist. With so much infrastructure owned by so many different people, no single person can “decide” to take it down.
That said, WireMin is still a scam, please read my other comment for more info. Use whichever chat application works best for you.
Lantern@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You’ve basically ignored the question, and instead explained why decentralized services can’t be taken down.
The answer is that there is no good reason to use this above Mastodon, as Mastodon is free and open source, is not a scam, alongside having a larger community. Signal is a different type of application entirely, so comparing the two doesn’t really make sense.
deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 10 months ago
WireMin markets itself as a decentralized service. The question was “why use this”, so I mentioned the pros of using decentralized services. I did not ignore the question. WireMin should not be used. Other (truly) decentralized protocols like Matrix, XMPP, or anything running on ActivityPub have benefits over services owned by companies like Signal or Telegram.
However, most people are locked into a platform by their contacts, and their contacts choice of chat application. If most (or all) of your contacts are already on Signal, there’s no good reason to use anything else.