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Does anyone use SimpleX chat? Why or why not? Is it actually tangibly better for privacy than say, Signal, for example? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] specialwall@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

I use it, although not with people who are new to encrypted messaging or who I really need to keep contact with.

SimpleX has great features for the separation of pseudonyms, which is part of why I think it's the best concept for an encrypted messaging app so far. But it's not only for-profit, but funded by venture capital. I don't think it's going to last for the long term, and if it does, it'll probably experience a similar enshitification that other services have. Supposedly they're going to profit by allowing businesses to pay for their service, but I doubt that they'll actually make much money from that.