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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 42 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Signal is American

Opt for a Matrix or XMPP provider in Europe (magicbroccoli.de is a genuinely great XMPP provider)

[–] Supernova1051@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)

While Signal's home base is the US, they are a non profit org that doesn't operate in the same way as for-profit corporations. Also, Signal collects basically zero data so there's no incentive to sell out, and who would want to buy them anyway when they have no data and the server and client are open source.

Matrix is great, but I wouldn't compare it to Signal. I use both for very different purposes.

[–] XM34@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Agree with the sentiment against signal. However, Matrix is terrible for anyone who doesn't want to bother with reading up on several hours of information just to use a text messenger. I will start recommending Matrix the moment someone actually manages to produce a feature complete client with usable UI/UX.

[–] lostbit@feddit.nl 2 points 3 hours ago

yeah been trying out matrix. Setup a server and tried various clients. They are all shit.

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