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0 pointscharcircuit1d ago0 comments

So what? The centralized owner owns the code repo too, so such a restriction doesn't stop anything.

Even if Instagram was open source, Meta could remove the E2E chat feature.

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lrvick22h ago

If it was open source people could fork.

charcircuitOP7h ago

But a fork wouldn't be installed on billions of people's devices.

lrvick1h ago

Any community that cares could then at least make the right choice of client for their community. The masses never care, but what matters is that privacy is actually a choice.

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