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by derin 1713 days ago
...and where do you go when AWS/Signal's servers go down?

How about choosing something that's federated? https://matrix.org/
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celsoazevedo 1713 days ago
I'm fine with Matrix, but I'm not seeing the people around me moving to it, even with a more friendly solution like Element. It's already hard to make them use Signal just because they want users to remember a pin...
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CodeGlitch 1713 days ago
Email

(I'm not kidding)

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grey_earthling 1713 days ago
Delta.chat is an instant messenger implemented over email. Alternatively, it's an email client that looks like an instant messenger.
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