Sophie KazandjianFeb 24

Hi Everyone!

First, a huge thank you for the incredibly warm welcome to the Fediverse. The kindness from this community has been overwhelming, and such a contrast to the platforms I've left behind.

Now, I've gone down a total rabbit hole investigating more ethical tech. I've just realised that if I'm deleting Meta from my life, WhatsApp should probably go too. I'd love to know what you think are the best alternatives. Signal? Matrix/Element?

#Privacy #DeleteMeta #WhatsApp

Show threadRaphM ⏚

@sophiekaz

If I didn't know #deltachat I would have recommended signal, but since I discovered a decentralized messaging app that works just the same I don't see any good reasons to recommend signal now... Signal uses servers of (and therefore gives money to) amazon, microsoft, etc.

I made my family move from telegram/whatsapp to signal a few years ago.
I'm now planning to convince them to move to deltachat :)

Feb 25 at 7:26pmWeb
Show threadSophie KazandjianMar 1
@raphm oh interesting, I haven't heard of DeltaChat before! I'll check it out. Getting a whole family to switch messaging apps is no small feat, so good luck with round two! 😄
Show threadBenjamin Kwiecień 🇵🇸Mar 1
@raphm @sophiekaz I told my friends about Delta Chat and they refused to get it because, "You just made us switch to Signal." I made them switch to Signal ten years ago.
Show threadSophie KazandjianMar 8
@ben @raphm Ten years of loyalty to your last pick though, that's impressive!!