sudo dnf remove friends
    • _stranger_@lemmy.world
      221·
      7 days ago

      Signal has done nothing but good for its users and its own reputation, but the feeling of inevitability, that it’s impossible for them to avoid enshitification, that mostly people just assume it’s a foregone conclusion that signal is now or soon will be, shit.

      I like signal, and I still feel the above about it.

      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        10·
        6 days ago

        I mean, I have similar feelings about Valve, but I continue using the product because I know the most crucial and important contributions to the software space (Proton and OpenXR for Valve, Signal’s Client and non-spam-removal server code) has already had source provided to the public, meaning anyone could hard fork and pick up the torch if the current champion falters.

        If a company is publicly traded on the stock market, hasn’t provided source to safeguard against uncertain leadership, and is integral to your software setup, your dependence on them needs to be scrutinized.

        On the other end of the spectrum, if transparency is maintained, even with the inevitable entropy leading to enshittification, their contributions will be preserved and reused. That is the brilliance of providing source of your software.

        • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          6 days ago

          It definitely jelps but then we also have Mozilla and other nonprofits not reaching the community’s expectations.

      • redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        20·
        7 days ago

        That’s untrue. Someone made a modified client that sent message info towards other servers completely independently of signal. That part was compromised.
        It’s like calling aignal compromised because someones phone was hacked.

        Signal can’t protect you from users being an idiot and essentially showing their chat histories to other people over the internet.

  • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    7 days ago

    Do you let people or programs access your computer unsupervised? Hell no. But I’m supposed to let another person just freely walk around my home and open cupboards and shit!? How about no!?

  • Corn@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    I have different friend groups on WhatsApp, Wechat, Signal, Telegram, Zalo, LINE, and Discord. Is it possible to use this “matrix” to replace 2 or more apps?

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      6 days ago

      Yes but for me the bridges weren’t too tekitabki. Both Telegram and Signal stopped working. May have been my setup though

      • Tangent5280@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        That is one of the funkiest ways to spell “reliable” I’ve ever seen. Were you trying to type in the dark?

        • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
          4·
          6 days ago

          Ugh, Apple keyboard set to Estonian. I’m used to SwiftKey which can reliably do 2 languages at once, Apple requires switching manually and I switch languages a LOT. And the iOS 26 Beta killed SwiftKey, it keeps glitching out

          I’ll leave it there, it is indeed funky

          It’s actually the verb creates/generates in Estonian, 3rd person, being emphasised (“tekitab” with -ki suffix)

    • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      6 days ago

      I reliably use matrix bridges to chat with ppl on Whatsapp, telegram and Facebook. If you don’t want to go into self-hosting I think beeper has a hosted version of it. Unfortunately Whatsapp is the only annoying one, as it forces you to switch on the android version once every two weeks (which you can do in several ways).

      There are many more brides, but haven’t tried those myself. I’m general the “mautrix” ones tend to be very solid. https://docs.mau.fi/bridges/

  • recklessengagement@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 days ago

    I was able to move roughly ~80 percent of my friend group to Signal. At a certain point, I let everyone know what I was doing and how to find me. Once people realized I ditched every other platform and was fully committed, they joined.

    Different people have different tolerances, but if you’re consistent, downloading an app isn’t such a big ask.

  • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
    94·
    7 days ago

    This is too relatable. The moment I see bloatware I uninstall it. I truly feel the same way about “friends.” I don’t see what purpose they serve other than take up my time and exhaust me.

  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    Sometimes, “bloatware” enhances productivity if only for the mental exercise of ignoring/trashing it