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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Do you know how to break the cycle? Use open-source software. Use standard protocols that aren't locked behind some greedy corporation.

Why not take the features from Discord/Slack and integrate it into a new IRC or Jabber protocol?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Has anybody tried Revolt? It looks really cool. Like a proper open source alternative to Discord. But I never had the opportunity to try it with anyone, so I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Interesting, the name sounds familiar, it's not based on Matrix and they're planning encrypted messages. Oh, you can self-host it!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Mumble hasn't fed any of my data to a megacorp!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Technically, being open source or free ala GPL isn't enough. Protocols aren't enough.

You need a guarantee that you own your data.