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minus-squareHumanius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up85·2 months agoImo it’s already difficult enough to convince friends and family to use Signal. Delta Chat would be even more difficult to pull off.
minus-squarecoacoamelky@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s hard to get techies to see that, plan for the lease savy user.
minus-squareamzd@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down31·edit-22 months agoHow is it different? In my experience it’s easier as they’ve already heard of email.
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·2 months agoThe difference is signal has millions of users and most people have already maybe heard of it.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down3·2 months agoThe other difference is that promoting more and more obscure, useless shit ruins your credibility for when you’re trying to get them to Lemmy or Signal or Mastodon. Signal is an absolutely fine product and doesn’t need to be decentralized right now.
Imo it’s already difficult enough to convince friends and family to use Signal. Delta Chat would be even more difficult to pull off.
It’s hard to get techies to see that, plan for the lease savy user.
How is it different? In my experience it’s easier as they’ve already heard of email.
The difference is signal has millions of users and most people have already maybe heard of it.
The other difference is that promoting more and more obscure, useless shit ruins your credibility for when you’re trying to get them to Lemmy or Signal or Mastodon.
Signal is an absolutely fine product and doesn’t need to be decentralized right now.