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0 pointsgrowse5y ago0 comments

> That then means you can't communicate with others running the normal Signal client. Signal is not a federated protocol.

You also can't communicate with WhatsApp users directly either.

If your fork of Signal in better, then you should have no difficulty it convincing people to switch to it. Just because the software is open source, you're not entitled to connect to and use someone else's service in any way you like.

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j-james5y ago

Right, but the idea and comment I'm addressing is "If you don't like it, create a fork".

This "do it yourself" mantra doesn't apply to Signal, and they have a history of rejecting community work. It's much more valuable to advocate for changes and fixes to the main app.

> If your fork of Signal in better, then you should have no difficulty it convincing people to switch to it.

This isn't true. Signal has a marketing budget and millions of downloads of inertia.

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