cyrus

doesn't mean it's not running Android, they just cannot use it for marketing/branding 🥴

yeah it's quite disappointing, I wish Matrix saw some more (individual!) funding

(organisations that have funded Matrix in the past generally want new features, but not core work on Matrix to make the experience any better 🥴)

WhatsApp does use the Signal protocol, but unlike Signal only applies it to Messages, Calls and Status.

Your profile info, who you're talking to, when you're using the service, groups you're in, channels you're following and much more is left unprotected intentionally.

For instance, Signal sends your profile end-to-end-encrypted instead of leaving it freely accessible on servers.

RCS itself is an open standard (kind of), but Google Messages is literally the only RCS Client

There are no others. Like seriously you can barely find another usable RCS Client

okay, so, the idea was initially to build something akin to SMS/MMS in the way it's used but make it more ready for the modern age

just a couple of problems:

• End-To-End-Encryption isn't officially a part of RCS itself thanks to Telcom companies in the US not being allowed to add that
• Google Messages is literally the only way to use RCS right now.
• It's "open"-ness is quite disputed due to Google's control over it

really, we should either be using Matrix, or at the very least build out XMPP into something more modern.

Yes, in large public channels there can sometimes be ads. These used to be contextual, but they aren't anymore.

I think you might have double posted by accident 🥴

Just so you know, AOSP is short for Android Open Source Project.

The Linux Kernel is GPL2, the Android OS is Apache.

TGFOSS doesn't remove ads. Infact, by the API policies you aren't allowed to do that as a client maintainer.

Killergram for Android, assuming you've either got a rooted device or LSPatch.

I remember there also being something for Telegram desktop but I can't find it right now.

The idea is quite simple. If you put all your eggs into one basket, if that basket breaks, you're screwed.

If we put this into context, this would mean that you would, for example, use all of Proton's services and when Proton does something bad, now your entire suite of services is fucked.