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		opan 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve dele... XMPP and Matrix don't require a phone number and have fine mobile apps.

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xvector 4 days ago [–]

And there's a reason they've achieved precisely zero penetration amongst normies.

A chat app is useless if your friends and family won't use it.

opan 3 days ago | [–]

I've actually had good luck getting friends and family on Matrix, after they'd previously used either Facebook Messenger or Hangouts.

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