• Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
    14·
    9 hours ago

    Unfortunately none of the bigger players seem to have any interest in making use of the interoperability.

    And I think Meta has made it extra hard for smaller ones.

      • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
        4·
        5 hours ago

        They are forced to offer it. But they’re not forced to use it.

        If Signal wanted to federate with WhatsApp, WhatsApp would be forced to open up. But Signal doesn’t want to.

        • mitram@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          5 hours ago

          Wait, why not?

          Are they afraid users won’t feel the need to switch since you can talk to everyone either way?

          Did signal announce this decision? Or are you inferring from their lack of action?

          • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
            2·
            5 hours ago

            Moxie says something along those lines every once in a while. He really loves the one vendor ecosystem. Says it makes it easier to react to security threats and that the security of Signal would be weaker if they had to federate with anyone.

            One example I read him bring up was how WhatsApp was basically able to implement Signal’s OpenWhisper protocol exactly because they’re a closed ecosystem and don’t have to factor in third party clients or networks.

            I read that in interviews and github comments over the years. But I think they also stated that officially before and after this legislation was made.

  • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
    5·
    7 hours ago

    I’m in the same boat. What I’d give to keep contact with my family without being forced to use the WhatsApp app.

    • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      7·
      8 hours ago

      Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, but only for bigger cooperations.

      As in, extinguish them. Make it far more attractive to not be at a big soulless corpo.