• The Doctor@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I get that. That is specifically the reason they uninstalled Signal and started using FB.

    How many other folks did that?

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      1 year ago

      Probably a lot. I was very annoyed myself, though it made android pretty similar to the situation on iOS where you can’t replace the default messaging app anyway.

      It’s an area where I think we need a bunch of stuff:

      1. Antitrust regulation to force companies to use open standards and allow customization
      2. Folks like the Signal Foundation should get over themselves and run their project like a real open source project, where others can fork/modify/run both the server side and client side.

      There’s so much anti-competitive bullshit regarding #1 from all sides, from carriers to Apple to Google to device manufacturers.