Would you say that it’s irrelevant that for example Signal is open source and makes an effort to make the code they run on their servers verifyable? Or that the messenger is made by a foundation? I will have to look into the backdoor allegations in the other thread, if true it should be pointed out in the code. I still think that is preferable to a complete black box like WhatsApp or Telegram
What are your thoughts on the privacy of telegram? It has always seemed fishy to me (could just be the prevalent usage of it in conspiracy theory communities though)
I don’t think the usability of Lemmy is the problem, it’s just users not wanting to tune out of mainstream social media. Everybody is there. Why wouldn’t they? It’s where everyone is. And convincing people that the massive shift in the type of content you can consume is worth it to not be consuming the content all your friends consume. It’s a catch 22. The only thing we can do is to post as much content in the fediverse as possible. I don’t think framing the general public as incompetent is helping either. Of course you didn’t make the comparison in the first place. I really hope the vast majority of the users of social media are able to Google something.
If your wages don’t go up with at least the rate of inflation, there’s an effective paycut every year