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I made a retro gaming community on a discord alternative called osmium! (osm.pm)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by CaffeineTwo@piefed.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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It’s called blasting processing! As a reference to we all know the sega mega drive/ genesis. It’s a retro gaming space built around the standard definition era of console gaming!

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[–] CaffeineTwo@piefed.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The advantage of osmium is that they are completely privacy first, I like to think of them as the proton or tuta of discord like apps

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmm, that is a decent argument. I mean, I do trust proton and signal, because they are privacy focused. But I also have an exitplan for those platforms, in case they do turn evil. Open source is great, but these platforms prove that it is not the only acceptable solution.

[–] dan@upvote.au 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Open source is great, but these platforms prove that it is not the only acceptable solution.

Signal is open source, including all their client apps as well as their server. Proton's client apps are open source too (but not their server).

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

They're based in the EU though, so we'll see how long that stays true.

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Chat Control didn't pass, but we'll see what happens with Chat Control 2.0 given most member states are in favor of it.

Also, they don't currently support E2E encryption, so I'm not sure how focused on security they actually are.

[–] CaffeineTwo@piefed.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

E2E is in the works. folf (the main dev) told me the reason E2E isnt out yet is becasue they want to make sure its not half baked

[–] GMac@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No ads and no spying sounds good. But how do the actually sustain it economically? Without a clear answer to that quation its just pre-enshittified...

[–] CaffeineTwo@piefed.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

theres a premium sub for 6 euro.

[–] GMac@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for clarification. Their website makes no mention of pricing or any paywalled functionality.
Whats different between free and premium?

Dont really feel a signup.should be necessary to find this stuff out.