xmpp
Just setup a self hosted server. My family are now all chatting on it. Works great and simple to use.
Matrix is an overhead mess, from what people have advised me. Avoid.
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Qwant doesn't accept my IP. I hear from many users that it's blocked in their location. When I was able to use it a couple of years back, the search results were poor. Especially on long tail keywords.
I'm now using Presearch, which is private and Web3. Works awesome, even better than Google.
Ended up taking your advice, and installed prosody with conversatoins/blabber/chatsecure clients. Works great & tiny resource usage!
Only issue is setting up voice/video calling. Apparently i need to setup and stun and turn server.
Yes. Prosody/conversations video + calling works on my wifi & also on wifi to mobile1. But does not work for 'mobile1' to 'mobile2' data.
I'm having the same calls issue with Prosody server. It's because of NAT routers on mobile networks. Apparently need to setup a stun and turn server
“too much choice” issues XMPP has
My one prosody server has 3 different type of clients (including iOS and android), all sending fully end to end encrypted text, video, audio to each-other. Works very well.
In my opinion the "too much choice" is not an issue with XMPP. The lack of usage issue is most likely users opting for convenience while sacrificing privacy. Most people avoid investing the time it takes to figure out XMPP, even if just using a client on a preexisting server.
I even saw that my server can talk to other XMPP servers. So technically, my family could receive messages from other users on different servers.
The thing about Snikket is, just like matrix, they get funding from shady sources.
This is exactly the conclusion I came to from reading your comments here and researching some more. I dropped matrix, and chose to go ahead with XMPP. Works great & very little overhead, even on the cheapest of servers.
Thank you. I ended up doing this.
However snikket has some shady funding.
I went for prosody server and set my family up on conversations, blabber, and chatsecure clients. Works great for sending text, pics, videos, voice clips, and e2e encrypted.
As a linux beginner, it was prety easy to setup (provided you have the time). Only issue is with voice/video calls. They use p2p instead of going thru sever, so can't connect well especially on mobile networks behind NAT. Apparently I need to setup up a stun & turn sever.
Mainstream media, attacking innovators. Character assasination is what they do best.
Brave is a step forward. I have my thoughts on the founder. Tho those are separate from the products long term viability & potential.
Mozilla now is trying to sabotage web3 decentralized identy. Google is now massively censoring information, and discussion. We can't trust the old browser duopoly to act in our best interests.
Checked out Mojeek: no tracking, their own crawling algo & spiders --> awesome! BUT the Mojeek user base is tiny right now. I tried long tail searching on Mojeek ... it highly underperforms in quality compared to G search.
Have you tried Presearch ? Pretty cool & private alternative to G.
It's alright to believe such. However look at how many people are being injured and dying from the vaccine. Just this fb post got swamped with desperate comments https://www.worldtribune.com/unexpected-and-heartbreaking-thousands-flood-abc-affiliates-facebook-page-with-vaccination-horror-stories/
Why not just use peer tube behind a free decentralized vpn like sentinel or mysterium