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Simplex Chat needs votes for support for offline bluetooth encrypted communication (github.com)

submitted 2 years ago by RecycledAnonymous@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Was scrolling through my forums and came across this discussion on simplex chat, for an request for end to end encrypted offline bluetooth messaging. I thought this was a great feature but the **developer will only consider if people vote. So take a vote! **

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[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

like it or not ios needs to be supported

I think a messenger app these days should be native to both major mobile OS's and the three big one's for computers.

[–] ccx@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That's wishful thinking when some of the platforms just flat out refuse to support necessary features for maintaining p2p connections.

Complaining to application developers won't change a thing about that.

Complain to Apple instead, preferably in the form of not buying their products unless they actually open their devices to third-party software without artificial limitations in the way.

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 1 points 2 years ago

Complaining to application developers won’t change a thing about that.

Having an opinion isn't complaining to the devs, what an odd thing to project.

Complain to Apple instead

Perhaps I could have, but I interact with briar or similar, and my friends - not apple. Let the people who owns an Apple device complain to apple, what incentives would they have to please me as a non-customer anyways?

preferably in the form of not buying their products

I haven't bought an apple product since the first gen iPod nano. After that the nanos wasn't jailbreakable and I was out. On top of that I always advocate open source android instead of both ios and google android.

[–] RecycledAnonymous@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yes please express your opinion on the github discussions board

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think they're on GitLab, and I did years ago lol

edit: and that they need proper data export/import as well, that's a real bummer