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Google's goo․gl links will stop working in August 2025 (9to5google.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I’ve been v curious abt matrix but it’s taken me years to get everyone I care abt on signal 😅

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

Signal is centralized, ~~closed-source~~, not-selfhostable (edit: in any meaningful way) and requires being attached to a phone number. (Edit: server source is available, but self-hosting requires recompiling and distributing a custom app to all of your contacts to actually use it.)

Matrix is decentralized, federated, fully open source with multiple client and server implementations, self-hostable, and does not require being attached to a phone number.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Which part of signal is closed source? It no longer requires a phone number, you can use a username