Comment on To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol
CameronDev@programming.dev 6 months agoEmbrace, Extend, Extinguish? Google tried to do that to XMPP with hangouts, and it didnt kill XMPP? So I think signal would be fine, and worst case would just break compatibility later. And at least with this new EU law, attempting to extinguish would be met with some level of fines?
Valid concern though.
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Yeah, that’d be the principle.
I’m really not sure how this is all gonna pan out, but I know you’re gonna need to offer me something really good to abandon “real” Signal. Not sure if that’s how the rest of the community feels, but I know that’s NOT the way “normal people” feel. If my sentiment is widely shared, maybe it does have hope in the end.
CameronDev@programming.dev 6 months ago
I definitely dont want to leave the Signal client, but being able to connect with others on other networks would be great.
And it would maybe reduce the friction for moving people off messenger/whatsapp? (Also works in the other direction as well)
If anything, Messenger + Whatsapp merging is basically cementing Meta’s dominance over chat. They are already dominant in a lot of regions by themselves.
I guess we will have to see how it all shakes out :/