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Matrix or Signal?
(lemmy.ml)
- If you have a targeted group/peer need then whatever they are using or whatever you all decide right in the beginning - I'd suggest Matrix or some other decentralised alternative, definitely not Signal.
- Matrix had the huge opportunity to be "the messaging app" but they neither became good at corporate usage and definitely ended up sucking at personal usage. They started doing too many things, at once, and while completely ignoring the individual user.
- If you want a wider general acceptance then sadly Matrix is DoA. WhatsApp becomes a huge choice outside USA and China but it has started becoming shittier by the day and looking at who has become WhatsApp's global head now, I don't think it's gonna get any better (check his last "app" or company's screenshots and come here if you don't end up vomiting). So Signal or maybe some other similar app. You are limited by societal trends and acceptance here, not the tech or finesse or privacy of an app.
- If you just want privacy and a simpler app, proven (at least so far), then well Signal it is, as much as I hate it for reasons they decided to make it a centralised messaging app and then stuffed crypto in it etc.