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Re:Signal threatens to dump US market if EARN IT act passes by eeZah7Ux on Thursday April 09, 2020 @02:58PM (#22825951)
Why the stupid downvotes? Signal's walled garden can be its demise.
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Re:Signal threatens to dump US market if EARN IT act passes by jplayer01 on Thursday April 09, 2020 @03:25PM (#22826228)
Signal is open source. If you want to develop and host your own Signal, go right ahead. You’d just be opening yourself up to the same problem facing the Signal Foundation. As it is, the Signal Foundation would suddenly be open to lawsuits, and they’re the main developers of Signal.
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Re:Signal threatens to dump US market if EARN IT act passes by eeZah7Ux on Thursday April 09, 2020 @07:51PM (#22828478)
> If you want to develop and host your own Signal, go right ahead.

...and have an ecosystem of users that cannot communicate with users on Signal. That's what lock-in is and "go right ahead" is just not enough.

> You’d just be opening yourself up to the same problem facing the Signal Foundation

citation needed

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Re:Signal threatens to dump US market if EARN IT act passes by mirimir on Thursday April 09, 2020 @04:56PM (#22827102)
So don't be discoverable!
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