See: @[email protected]Mar 23, 2021

Something to read while Discord is down...

> People who need their Skype fix are seriously not happy with the service lately, as the second outage in less than two weeks has tempers flaring on Twitter, with some blaming soon-to-be overlords Microsoft for the problems.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-ditched-peer-to-peer-supernodes-for-scalability-not-surveillance/

Skype ditched peer-to-peer supernodes for scalability, not surveillance | ZDNet

Before Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011, the voice calling service was already ditching its "near impossible to wiretap" peer-to-peer model in favor of the cloud.

Show threadSee: @[email protected]Mar 23, 2021

I'm not saying Microsoft uses black hats to strong-arm companies into selling out cheap.

I'm just saying I sure hope Microsoft doesn't decide they want to buy Signal. 😐

Show threadPaolo RedaelliApr 5, 2021
@cjd
What are feasible alternatives to #signal? #Telegram ? #GnuJami ? #matrix ?
Show threadBriz
@paoloredaelli @cjd
Here is a good article on open source messaging apps:
https://protonmail.com/blog/whatsapp-alternatives/
I'm hoping @start9labs adds @matrix soon to be able to run Element.
7 WhatsApp alternatives that won’t share your data with Facebook

We take a look at some of the best open source and end-to-end encrypted alternatives to the WhatsApp messaging app.

ProtonMail Blog
Apr 9, 2021 at 5:08pmWeb