ploumMigrating from Whatsapp/Messenger to @signalapp is a good thing and I encourage everyone to do it.
But Signal being centralised (on purpose to avoid complexity), we knew it was a temporary solution. That it was not sustainable. Some day, It will either enshitify or crumble under its own weight.
Turns out that day is closer than we think:
https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/
Time to prepare the future. What should we do ?
XMPP
Matrix
Email! Delta chat FTW
Back to Whatsapp. Everybody is using it anyway
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