I completely agree that everyone should use free software. Not for free of course but by donating or straight up paying for it.
That aside, I think your stance is the „vindictive vegan“ approach. While I‘m a newly found fan of veganism, I strongly dislike the „you’re either with us or against us“ approach.
I personally run a matrix server (which is foss, even if it sounds like its second class foss to you) and have it bridged to discord, whatsapp and signal. Why? Because that helps me convert people.
Their reasons for joining matrix:
You can use one app (fluffychat in my case) instead of four apps
People on the other platforms miss out if the bridge goes down which shows them its matrix first. With mautrix bridges, the bridge very rarely goes down btw
their chats will be accessible for them forever if they wish, with backups they can take whenever they like
no chance the EU breaks their encryption
no chance for discord, meta or anyone else to sell their data (of course not in the bridged room)
I think there are better albeit more manipulative ways to get people to convert instead of punching them on the nose. Certain matrix only rooms do help, provided they have no equivalent on the other side.
The post already explains in painstaking detail why network effect requires us to adopt extreme measures (which you mischaracterize as “you’re either with us or against us”). It’s the nature of the conflict, and free software advocates must either recognize it, or continue to suffer the dominance of proprietary software.
The issues with Matrix are perhaps better explained by others, elsewhere.
Thats a lot of text to say „I‘m not interested in debate.“
I think its the wrong platform if you just want to push your ideas and takes and cant accept different opinions. A blog would be more fitting in that case.
I completely agree that everyone should use free software. Not for free of course but by donating or straight up paying for it.
That aside, I think your stance is the „vindictive vegan“ approach. While I‘m a newly found fan of veganism, I strongly dislike the „you’re either with us or against us“ approach.
I personally run a matrix server (which is foss, even if it sounds like its second class foss to you) and have it bridged to discord, whatsapp and signal. Why? Because that helps me convert people.
Their reasons for joining matrix:
I think there are better albeit more manipulative ways to get people to convert instead of punching them on the nose. Certain matrix only rooms do help, provided they have no equivalent on the other side.
Anyway, have a good one.
The post already explains in painstaking detail why network effect requires us to adopt extreme measures (which you mischaracterize as “you’re either with us or against us”). It’s the nature of the conflict, and free software advocates must either recognize it, or continue to suffer the dominance of proprietary software.
The issues with Matrix are perhaps better explained by others, elsewhere.
Thats a lot of text to say „I‘m not interested in debate.“
I think its the wrong platform if you just want to push your ideas and takes and cant accept different opinions. A blog would be more fitting in that case.
And again, have a good one.