[jfornear]

If anyone here is interested, I started on a new project called Chatdog (https://chat.dog) to create an alternative to Telegram, et al. Telegram forces you to download their app and provide your phone number to join a room. Chatdog doesn’t require any personal data and can even be used anonymously!

[egeozcan]

But you require scripts from a lot of 3rd parties, which may or may not respect my privacy.

Maybe consider using a CDN or hosting necessary scripts on your server?

[jfornear]

All scripts are on Cloudfront except for when someone shares a YouTube video or Twitter tweet. Google Analytics and Typekit are the only third-party scripts that are always loaded. I do need to add UI to allow users to disable these.

[hundchenkatze]

I had to accept a script from platform.twitter.com before I could close the SignIn/Register modal. Here's a short gif.

https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/HelplessAlienatedClownanemone...

The app looks great though :)

[jfornear]

Thanks for reporting this! Yes, apparently the Twitter script is always loaded also. I need to add logic to only load it when needed.

[ryanlol]

So, like Telegram but without false promises of security? Awesome!

[huangbong]

What UI library are you using if any? Looks great on mobile!

[jfornear]

Thanks! No UI library—I just wrote the CSS from scratch.