valid slander. we were just scrambling. because removedat was extremely inaccessible and briar didn't fulfil the most important features required, which is easy interface, stability, and mesh network.

will have to research on this! isn't reticulum specifically for stuff like LoRas though? can it use just phones as relays in a mesh?

hey! we did fork an existing project only. we didn't use briar because briar doesn't have the mesh capability, and also, it was WAY too unstable and will hinder wide adoption. if it's not adopted widely, it's basically useless.

bit chat was removed from both the app store and the play store and its latest release had a pretty big stability issue where it straight up crashes when you try to scan a qr to add someone. also it can't be shared offline like briar can. I don't know, i guess you all right, we just built this out of desperation because the mesh feature is the most necessary one which actually allows information to get OUT of protest sites and into the view of the internet.

and as of the last protests, removedat didn't have the talk over internet feature implemented at all.

and I mean, we're only just looking for guidance to make the most accessible and widely adoptable route for communication and organising. any help is definitely appreciated :)

adding on to this, this channel has been my main source of "decentralised" communications and internet information.

again, the main problem is adoption and education.

https://youtube.com/@dataslayermedia

we can barely get people to agree to think big tech is bad man, this decentralisation dream seems so far away.

exactly. we need to decentralise communication very desperately considering the direction big tech and the entire world seems to be going in. we're planning on supporting LoRa radios as relays in this app as well.

i was thinking we can crowdfund a few but then they need very tech forward people to set up, which are scarce. most "tech people" in india including most engineers, are just corporate slaves with no thinking for themselves. Open Source enthusiasts are so rare.

i tried both cloudflare and google dns.

and also, i tried configuring the DNS right on my airtel router, none of that worked

yes. and for this we were planning on implementing the same feature as briar which allows the app to be shared offline over wifi direct from within the briar app.

yes. as far as i tried I couldn't even access the briar website or GitHub with a vpn. granted i used free proton vpn.

also, our main thing is getting information where internet is jammed out from the protest site and to the public. which is why we want the relay feature, so that messages jump across phones to reach people instead of pf having the sender and recipient be directly connected.