On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 13:31:33 +0300 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jo, 24 iun 21, 14:13:42, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > At the other end is anything where you can't use a client or a > > server that isn't produced/managed by the central authority. > > Despite Signal making some of their source available, you can't > > write your own Signal client and have it talk to their official > > servers. > > Sure, and I don't remember disputing this. > > But let's not conflate the Signal software (client, server, etc.), the > Signal protocol and the Signal *service*. > > Could you elaborate on why in your opinion an entity providing a service > should automatically accept connections from third-party clients and/or > federate with other service providers? Well, would you have no problem with a website that requires the site's own browser to function, and won't work with standard browsers? I agree that the site has the legal and even moral right to implement such a thing, but I wouldn't be happy about it. Celejar
