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Re:Matrix – An open network for secure, decentralized commun... by Funes- on Saturday August 22, 2020 @05:21AM (#24242884)
>Android only

And Linux, as well--including the Librem 5 phone[0].

>no media

The media attachments feature was in alpha nine months ago[1]. I guess they are still working on it.

[0]: https://nico.dorfbrunnen.eu/posts/2020/briar-alpha/.

[1]: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/issues/1669.

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Re:Matrix – An open network for secure, decentralized commun... by jabirali on Saturday August 22, 2020 @05:52AM (#24243013)
> And Linux, as well--including the Librem 5 phone[0].

I think the point is more that in e.g. the US, nearly half the population has an iPhone [1], so a chat service that is only available on Android and Linux can't spread as much.

[1]: https://www.counterpointresearch.com/us-market-smartphone-sh...

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Re:Matrix – An open network for secure, decentralized commun... by Funes- on Saturday August 22, 2020 @06:07AM (#24243074)
>I think the point is more that in e.g. the US, nearly half the population has an iPhone [1]

Oh, no, I was absolutely aware that he was referring to the Android-iPhone pairing, as in "it's Android-only as opposed to available on both Android and iOS, as every major messaging app"; I just wanted to specify that it is not only available on Android, but also on Linux (PC and phones--I guess you can use it on the Pinephone, too, besides the Librem 5).

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