I think that SimpleX is more innovative and ground-breaking than Session.
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Use separate profile for different devices. Make a group when you chat with others.
Grr! Ok, but damned if I could get that to work! It seems like you can't use the desktop and mobile client at the same time! You have to scan a QR code to switch between them! And it has issues with firewalls and VPNs! Old and clueless here, maybe part of the problem. 🙁
I just have two identical but independent profiles. They also double as my remote copypaste buffer.
No issues with fireballs and VPNs for me.
I didn't have an issue with fireballs either, thankfully, because I made my saving throws before they got to me.🔥😉
Yes SimpleX isn't mature from a UX perspective and that is due to it's innovative approach. If you need to have device sync and don't want Signal, Session could be a better optioon to you.
Am I right tho about having to scan QR codes to go back and forth between desktop and mobile on SimpleX, or am I just 😵💫?
I don't use SimpleX on my computers
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There's nothing about Signal that requires savvines.
They probably meant tech-savviness compared to other Signal alternatives.
Although even then XMPP with modern clients is simple enough for my mom to use, so I don't entirely buy the "complication" argument either.
is simple enough for my mom to use
The bar is so low. I just had to visit somebody today to help them fix their computer. There was dirt on the fingerprint reader, and they forgot their password. I told them their password was their user name. I.e. hunter / hunter and it didn't work.... (I chose this because of their modest tech experience)
They were using hunter / Hunter instead.
Idk, I meant my personal experience. She doesn't see much difference between ease of use of her XMPP client compared to, say, Whatsapp.
The main turnoff for me is that it is essentially impossible to selfhost - you use random nodes from the network, and to host such a node, you have to lock up a whole fortune (last time I looked I remember it being around $1500, might've changed) in their own cryptocurrency. They do promise returns, but I am skeptical - where would they take so much money to guarantee compensation for everyone within a sane amount of time? They claim it is against a Sybil attack, but it seems to me that it would be a lot easier for a government/company to have more nodes in a situation when "competition" is reduced like this.
Selfhosting is kind of hard and labor intensive for some of us; had a lot of trouble trying to set up NextCloud on my QNAP (if that counts as selfhosting), and finally gave up.
Fair - I was referring to the fact that here it isn't even an option.
Also, XMPP or Simplex are very easy to set up, Nextcloud is indeed more complicated.