@ip6li habe grade auch nen Interview abgelehnt, weil #MicrosoftTeams geb' ich mir nicht!
@debby #Mumble, #IRC, #XMPP (+OMEMO = @gajim / #monoclesChat) & #Linphone (#SIP / #VoIP) are the better options. #NextcloudTalk also exist and @monocles as well as @Stuxhost offer that.
#Signal and #Session are #proprietary, #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider solutions!
And #Matrix is just a shittier #XMPP+#OMEMO. Give @delta / #DeltaChat a try instead.
OfC #JitsiMeet and #WebCall are also great!
@KickDownCH nickt zustimmend
Gibt ohnehin bessere Optionen als #Skype seit langem..
Und damit meine ich nicht die nächste #Enshittification aka. #discord & #zoom, sondern #WebCall, #JitsiMeet, #NextcloudTalk, #SIP / #VoIP (#Linphone) ...
@theverge @tech-news-theverge yeah...
Meanwhile I recommend migrating to #WebRTC like #JitsiMeet, #WebCall and espechally classic #SIP / #VoIP like #Linphone!
@fuchsiii @puppygirlhornypost2 @kopper granted, #TechIlliterates & #Consoomers are just a bad standard to begin with and aligning with the bottom barrel is always gonna lower one's standard.
People need to realize there's not one perfect app.
The former are #IRC, #XMPP+#OMEMO, #WebCall, #OnionShare, #Linphome, #Mumble, …
The latter one are #MicrosoftTeams, #Discrord, #QQ, #WeChat, #iMessage, #Signal, #Matrix, …
#discord IS LITERALLY THE PROBLEM!
It's worse than any #IRC, #Mumble or even the old #TeamSpeak & #Skype for that matter.
It combines the disadvantages of #Forum, #paywalled #documentation, #chat and #voicechat with 0 redeeming qualities (unlike #Zulip & Mumble & #XMPP+#OMEMO) it's just an #InformationBlackhole!
I'm shure fecking #dread has better moderation and I'd rather use #MicrosoftTeams + #Slack cuz those at least have proper #moderation tools.
Case in point: I'd rather #SelfHost all my comms infrastructure than to ever use something like Discord or any other #GDPR-violating SaaS that is just enshittification.
I'd rather recommend people to instead choose a tool that does everything but horrible to go with multiple smaller & good tools
Check @alternativeto and @european_alternatives for options.
@herrorange Already existing options do that better than the old #SILK codec.
@leguinian_utopia seriously, people pay for #MicrosoftTeams.when that shit is flakier than the first versions of #JitsiMeet, #Mumble & #WebCall together?
@thegibson I can recommend #OnionShare & #WebCall for direct P2P file transfers!
@Yuvalne consider #NextcloudTalk (included in @nextcloud / #Nextcloud as hosted by @monocles and @Stuxhost ) as well as #JitsiMeet (which is even easier to #SelfHost.
All 3 use #WebRTC and don't require any shitty #Client #Installation whatsoever: They work from any modern #Browser like #Firefox!
@cwebber yes, and we already have options for that:
#JitsiMeet, #WebCall and other #WebRTC-based comms.
#OnionShare, #Wormhole, #oshi, #BitTorrent & #IPFS for #Filesharing.
#Nextcloud et. al. for collaboration.
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@devSJR @raiden_fediverse @kuketzblog dabei sehe ich jene "Features" eher als #Bloat, weil's bessere Alternativen wie z.B. #WebCall für sichere Videotelefonie, existieren.
@MartinaNeumayer @VixenBlu @thelusciouslibra Re: #eMail and #Chat, I'd still recommend to stick with #SelfCustody, and use @monocles #monoclesMail, #monoclesChat , @delta #deltaChat and many other options.
- One nifty option for #VideoTelephony one may want to look at is #WebCall:
https://timur.mobi/webcall/
I got pointed at it since it's very easy to use and unlike #JitsiMeet they don't demand #PII for registration or record stuff and one can #SelfHost it too...
@AdminKirsty @delta nodds in agreement
Add to that there are sufficient tools that allow for #secure, #E2EE #communication.
I do go out of my way to implement better alternatives to existing bad option...
TBH, #unencrypted and thus #insecure communication should disqualify every #company and #organization as a matter or principle and it's high time #GDPR & #BDSG make support for proper #encryption mandatory, regardless if #2FA or general communications!
@xoron I don't want to discourage you at all - in fact I think your goal is not just noble but also worth aspiring to.
But whatever you do, please "DO NOT DIY ENCRYPTION!"
Prioritize features early on and make a decision what you want and if/how these can be accomplished. If necessary, have different modes / functions one has to context-switch (i.e. videocalling can't work in an airgapped network unless your callers are in the same (W)LAN).
User-test early on. Espechally with "#TechIlliterates", if you can.
Write #documentation early on since that'll remove headaches. And I don't just mean #CommentYourCode but go deep and explain in detail why you chose something. This will help not just you.
Make yourself a list what you like and dislike from those.
Don't be afraid if your #App can't tick all the boxes at first release. Rather feel free to slowly ibtegrate them.
Needless to say I do sincerely wish you good luck and only the best in terms of success.
@xoron most of those features have already been implemented in #WebRTC-based solutions like #WebCall and #JitsiMert, abeit like with #XMPP+#OMEMO none does all of those things together, and that is somewhat an acceptable tradeoff...
@Mer__edith that's a #Marketing #Lie as @signalapp / #Signal collects and demands #PII like #PhoneNumbers to this day, and unlike #WebRTC-based options like #JitsiMeet and #WebCall, one cannot #SelfHost Signal!
So please stop such bs claims, because they insult the intellect of everyone who's even halfassing #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec...
@signalapp Still doesn't come close to #JitsiMeet and #WebCall...
@mr_daemon Which is why I work 100% remote and won't get back into any office because it's just value-removing for EVERYONE!
Want to meet someone in person? There are Cafés for that.
Need some privacy for that? Good cafés have backrooms for patrons!
Need to have a confidential meeting? #WebCall & #JitsiMeet exist for years now!
Need to doodle something on a wall? We have screensharing and stuff....
All that space for shitty office towers could've been better utilized with mixed-use mid- to high-rises, including (from bottom to top) gastronomy, retail, doctors'/therapists'/lawyers'/accountants'/… offices and actual condos and apartments people can afford to live in!
