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I never imagined the original post would go so viral and be seen by +6M people. But I guess it shows there’s real momentum — and the perfect time to finally escape big tech’s grip.

I went through hundreds of reposts of the image and took in feedback from community comments. I’ve replaced USA-centralized apps like Brave and Bluesky with more open alternatives, and added self-hosting indicators.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The app. The crypto calling & texting app. There's even a desktop/laptop side rig it can join the act for it's op to give you a solid keyboard for your chatting superior to their brain numbing thumb rhetorical mouse wheelage.

Looking kind of shady for the side rig today tho. I can't use it cuz it leaks and it don't have shit about wtf to do or just not use that aspect. Frustration. Session is getting to be my shit these days because of that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

What have I just read? I don't understand half of your message sorry

Also I'm not sure you know what you're saying with "crypto" since you are on a monero themed instance. Signal does have cryptography indeed but I'm not sure I understand your point. But please explain I'll try my best :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

You asked what signal was, I interpreted. If you had the Q up to sign some other inquiry, it's you that needs to be a bit more verbose. If you know what signal is then damn near everything I wrote is unessesary to need to understand bar maybe the whine ass shit about signal's lacking security to function on the Desktop connection.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Ok thanks! You were explaining Signal

I added a precision to my original comment so it's clear for everyone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Now THAT makes perfect sense. So to that I MUST say:

Hence Session>Signal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Thank you for your recommendation

Though I have to say it seems kinda very wobbly and not yet trustable. Also how does every right-wing cryptobro app have this flare to it that makes it obvious it's built on Blockchain? (I'm talking about UI details, this is not important, just a question)

What is wrong with SimpleX? It has always been a solid choice for private chats when Matrix was not a secure enough solution

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 minutes ago

Yep, but Briar is a bit different

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

I don't know SimpleX but you've earned my respect and it will certainly soon enter my research likely devour.