Hello. I am looking for an alternative to Telegram and I prefer an application that uses decentralised servers. My question is: why is the xmpp+omemo protocol not recommended on websites when it is open source and decentralised? The privacyguides.org website does not list xmpp+omemo as a recommended messaging service. Nor does this website include it in its comparison of private messaging services.

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/assets/img/cover/real-time-communication.webp

Why do you think xmpp and its messaging clients such as Conversations, Movim, Gajim, etc. do not appear in these guides?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] sonalder@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Yeah Keet (and Pear in general) are doing some open washing, branding their apps as open source while using very restrictive licences, at least that's how I feel about them. It's closer to source available to my eyes.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 8 months ago

What licenses are these? I only found apache licenses for the stuff they released. But yes, it kinda looks like open washing, since it looks like keet is open source, but its not.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent