@larand oh wow, I didn't realize this. :o
// @matigo
@larand Ideally people will stay because they want to work towards a better government and future. But yeah I think the bigger thing is they'll stay for the various reasons you list.
// @matigo
@matigo here is the thread on github if your curious. https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37
@matigo it was originally some folks developing a signal client that didn't have to rely on google cloud messaging. but the signal guys don't want 3rd parties developing stuff for their system despite the fact they publish APIs, libraries, and source. the federation was proposed as a way to not impact their servers but that wasn't acceptable either apparently. so the impression I got is they just don't want to play with others. ¯\(ツ)/¯
Probably the best recap yet.
I like this very concise summary of the recent history of independent implementations of Signal, from a tweet by Marie Gutbub:
Hi @moxie we are @LibreSignal. We use Signal with no Google
DONT USE OUR SERVER
Will you federate with us ?
NO.original post [gnusocial.freedombone.net]
Few more hours of work then I'll be able to switch back to hobby programming mode.