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Re:Google has most of my email because it has all of yours (... by kevin_thibedeau on Monday May 05, 2025 @11:33PM (#43901592)
The only personal electronic communication I use are the only two widely deployed federated protocols: email and SMS. Everything else involves compromises to enter a walled garden that offers no value to me.
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Re:Google has most of my email because it has all of yours (... by brewdad on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @01:43AM (#43902136)
Sure but you do understand that makes you the outlier these days, right?

Most people are on Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp or Signal or a dozen similar platforms. I try to use Signal for most communications but have friends and family that won't move to it, so I also use Whatsapp or plain SMS with them.

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Re:Google has most of my email because it has all of yours (... by onlygoose on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @07:54AM (#43904063)
Is SMS federated though? Genuine question. As far as I know it requires manual each-to-each setup on MNO level thus very fragile when we talk about cross-border or even cross-operator messaging. It is nowhere near email in terms of federation.
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