• @SNFi@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Well, I force my social circle to use element.io (matrix.org) or they are not going to be able to talk to me. I don’t need to talk to anyone, but they need to talk to me to ask me to help with their stuff, so they are joining to element.io. I never used Signal because asking for a phone number or making closed source claiming it is to stop spammers sounds stupid requirements or arguments.

    I don’t get any spam on matrix.org and on channels we have bots to review and block spammers.

    Also, I neither like how Signal discard F-Droid and forces us to use Google. I think they also use Google Push notifications.

    • @ree@lemmy.ml
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      22 years ago

      Element had a lot of issue last time i’ve tested it: push notification issue, convulated ui, e2e encryption disabled by default, slow server.

      I had my own server for a while for my SO and I and we often missed each other messages plus the client was draining my phone battery.

      I love the briding capacity of matrix, I woulf like to spend an evening setting that up in order to aggregate all those messaging apps but I’m afraid it’s not worth it.