• PotjiePig@lemmy.world
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    So we want free apps that offer everything and don’t take your data or advertise. It must also have constant security updates and a fleet of developers keeping it running. Good Luck finding that unicorn.

    I actually like this development. I’d much rather pay for a service with money over my privacy.

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        1 year ago

        Signal literally exists. Free.

        Signal has fewer features than non-premium Telegram. Both are open source, neither can be used with alternative servers (unlike Matrix).

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      Signal uses donations to keep running. That’s one of the reasons why they don’t need to do this kind of crap. Kinda like Firefox.

      It’s sad to see that slowly but surely the Internet gets divided into the more and more useless giant sector and the free and open sector, which just doesn’t get the attention it needs to be attractive enough for most to switch over. And then there’s also this weird shadow area where I often hear those pirate chanties from…

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      1 year ago

      Sounds like the best open source projects out there. How bout we use our tax money to fund great free software for everybody?