Probably not a ton of people in the largely-peaceful, largely-comfortable world that many people here have only ever experienced.
But history (and world-awareness) shows that those periods don't last forever, so having mature decentralized technology ready and warm for periods of crisis or devolotion is hugely valuable in the long term. It can be hard to maintain commitment to maturing and seeding that kind of technology when there's not yet a pressing need, exactly because it's hard to gain enough traction to overcome the relative inconveniences. It's admirable and important work regardless.
I agree, and since there is no mobile version, this won't replace your whatsapp, and it was never designed for that. The actual people I see using this:
- People who want anonymous messaging (I realize that there are already Tor messengers, so the idea was to make this one much more feature rich)
- Friend groups that want private group chats without any central dependencies or accounts
- security, self-hosting, decentralization and open-source enthusiasts
Probably not a ton of people in the largely-peaceful, largely-comfortable world that many people here have only ever experienced.
But history (and world-awareness) shows that those periods don't last forever, so having mature decentralized technology ready and warm for periods of crisis or devolotion is hugely valuable in the long term. It can be hard to maintain commitment to maturing and seeding that kind of technology when there's not yet a pressing need, exactly because it's hard to gain enough traction to overcome the relative inconveniences. It's admirable and important work regardless.
Thank you!
I agree, and since there is no mobile version, this won't replace your whatsapp, and it was never designed for that. The actual people I see using this: - People who want anonymous messaging (I realize that there are already Tor messengers, so the idea was to make this one much more feature rich) - Friend groups that want private group chats without any central dependencies or accounts - security, self-hosting, decentralization and open-source enthusiasts