The metaverse is bullshit

Re:The metaverse is bullshit by pmlnr on Saturday October 30, 2021 @11:15AM (#29049419)

> 'Meta' owns most communication channels that I use to communicate with my friends

Bring them back to email, because there are still many small email providers in the UK. See https://delta.chat/en/ for email as IM.

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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by dicknuckle on Saturday October 30, 2021 @11:36AM (#29049600)

or just use Signal. people around me have been flocking to it from WhatsApp, I even got my wife on it.

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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by pmlnr on Sunday October 31, 2021 @03:57PM (#29059869)

Signal is just another centralized service; email is a standard. You can self-host it, a company can make internal-only servers, etc. Signal disallows even custom clients, let alone real self-hosting.

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