Seriously. Even my more paranoid, conspiracy-prone family have such mediocre tech literacy that getting them on Signal requires an in-person visit, and something like being off Windows 11 and trying Linux, even Mint, is beyond the pale.

FB has the Boomers locked in for the rest of their lives. But until age verification blows a hole in the walled gardens, it's the singular mass of users that keeps those platforms as anchors.

IMO, train the kids. Help them before they F their lives up. It's too late to help some people.

Not decentralised, but the best option out there that "just works" IMO. I'm also pushing for signal, like people has to be told they can use both ABC-Crap-messenger and Signal...