the devil you know, …and all that.

modern as in stable, good UX, plug-and-play, and supporting features a modern chat client is expected to have with zero hassle.

the stuff needed to convince your mom to install it.

XMPP would be viable in theory but for whatever reason no one wants to build a modern client out of it.

the problem is privatization for things that doesn’t even make sense to privatize. if the cost of discovery is too high for a private entity then why are they the ones to supply it? they aren’t actually doing anything but taking the foam from the top of what everyone else have collectively created. it’s like the privatization of energy, a natural monopoly that literally runs into negative value through surplus. or the privatization of mandatory services that cannot be sustained at cost such as nation wide mail delivery. if it doesn’t make sense the right choice is the only choice yet here we are lol.

what’s wrong with MX? isn’t it basically just debian stable but with xfce as default?

they charge $3 per month for 10GB of storage

almost every hobby has moved to facebook and it’s the same damn thing. utterly useless for the purpose people try to use it for.

i don’t know what the fuck is wrong with people, but this is definitely one of the pinnacles.

oh sure. ban the ONLY modern chat client not running on electron.

get fucked, spain!