Also, funding the work to transition the protocols to non-profit governance model would not have been possible without the donations we received from the users.
Our pledge to our users is that SimpleX protocols are and will remain open, and in public domain, so anybody can build the future implementations of the clients and the servers. We are building SimpleX platform based on the same principles as email and web, but much more private and secure.
If they stay true to that, they’re probably planning on building for-profit apps on top, while keeping the foundation free.
That sounds reasonable to me. Hopefully that happens.
Why? Matrix sucks as an instant messenger app, it’s better as a Slack/Discord alternative.
It only sucks because you keep using Element. Its the worst client out there, if you account for “doneness”
And what would be the best? Element is certainly the most popular.
Only because I’m not aware of other decentralised Signal alternatives. That’s on me.
XMPP
SimpleX is pretty rad.
Indeed, but funded by VC which makes me uneasy about its future.
Huh, I missed that. From the announcement:
If they stay true to that, they’re probably planning on building for-profit apps on top, while keeping the foundation free.
That sounds reasonable to me. Hopefully that happens.