Notices tagged with deltachat

it is extraordinary, how #deltachat #android, over all the years, with all the #features added, did manage not to grow in size

- version 1.0 from 2019 was 64 mb
- today's 1.54 is 53 mb :)

E-mail honestly has had everything necessary for IM for a very long time, so I'm surprised it took so long for someone to put something together. :blobfoxthinkgoogly: #DeltaChat

Could I just attach @delta to my existing Postfix+Dovecot server and get the same features as the chatmail servers (aside from push notifications, I guess)? :blobfoxthinkgoogly: #Deltachat

@delta #Deltachat has two advantages over other other massaging solutions
1. Perfect balance between privacy and censorship resistance.
2. Easiest and cheapest massaging solution to self-host.
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@dansup I recommend #DeltaChat as alternative to #WhatsApp, Delta Chat is decentralized, no phone number required etc.

@bmacDonald94 You might find this article and post informative

1. https://theintercept.com/2024/03/04/signal-app-username-phone-number-privacy/

2. Also, this thread: "Migrate from #WhatsApp to #DeltaChat and other decentralized alternatives, break free out of the silos once and for all and stop feeding billionaires/CEO factories"

https://mastodon.social/@adbenitez/113895429021642700

Hola, #Fediverso. Me gustaría buscar una alternativa ética a WhatsApp y Telegram (qué difícil será superar la inercia en ambos casos, pero intentémoslo). He leído sobre #signal y sobre #deltachat pero no me entero de la mitad de lo que me dicen (mis conocimientos técnicos son tirando a nulos). ¿Alguien tiene omentarios, anotaciones, cuestiones, recomendaciones o croquetas?

migrating from #WhatsApp to another centralized platform is not a real solution, that's why we are here in the #Fediverse and not in #BlueSky

Migrate from #WhatsApp to #DeltaChat and other decentralized alternatives, break free out of the silos once and for all and stop feeding billionaires/CEO incubators

#ArcaneChat #XMPP #Matrix #SimpleX #Session #decentralization #encryption

Did you know that there is curated comparison chart for
- #linux distributions
- #browser
- #android distributions
- linux desktop environments
- #messenger
- #mail providers

Take a look https://eylenburg.github.io/

#opensource #foss #development #developers #programming #coding #ubuntu #opensuse #fedora #freebsd #archlinux #arch #gentoo #nixos #Alpine #redhat #debian #grapheneos #CalyxOS #iodeos #lineageos #firefox #vivaldi #brave #signal #deltachat #element #matrix #TIL

I see people around me "migrating" to #deltachat from other messengers that they start mistrusting and stop associating themselves with those platforms. It gives me a very warm feeling. Of course it is a pleasure to know that a project you've been committed to for almost 8 years finds its unique place in a very complex, competitive messaging apps galaxy.

But I also feel like we've been here all this time not because we were waiting for "the heyday". But just because we like what we do at Delta Chat, technically, socially, symbolically.

However, when new waves of people do come to us, I am glad that they find a welcoming, usable, cosy and friendly environment. We've been trying to make it a home for ourselves, and it means that it can also be home for others.

@delta

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Our friends at @delta are continuing to make #WebXDC an amazing platform: https://delta.chat/en/2025-01-23-webxdc-notifications

The realtime #WebXDC APIs are built on top of #iroh #p2p connections in #DeltaChat. Glad to be playing a part in this!

#NationalSwitchDay
#WhatsApp
#DeltaChat

Say bye bye to Zuckerberg and Meta
Chose https://delta.chat/ by @delta

It's open source, encrypted, and more importantly perhaps, not associated with Meta in any way.
And it's also décentralized, doesn't ask for a new sign in, a phone number or anything else. And you probably already have an account on it : your own email (https://providers.delta.chat/)

Over the years, I've onboarded close to 100 non-geeks to #XMPP. I ask them to install Quicksy (Android/iOS), and we're good to go.

XMPP is the only chat system I've used since 2017. I onboard family, friends, coworkers (from the arts), OSM contributors...

But the #Signal #WhatsApp #Discord and #Telegram silo-lovers (and the #DeltaChat and #Matrix NIH fanboys) have the gumption to loudly proclaim that XMPP is unusable.

It's a bit like telling a fish that swimming is impossible. 🙄

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@adbenitez @rysiek I was ready to boost in the first paragraph, and then I saw the #DeltaChat recommendation 😅

I haven't heard good things about DeltaChat UX. #XMPP allows you to self-host, register on public servers without even providing an email address, and ask non-geek contacts to install Quicksy or Prav (so they can register using phone numbers). It's got AV calls and other features expected in modern chat.

And XMPP is actually made for chat from the ground up.

@rysiek I don't think people should be using #Signal, besides this problem, it is a centralized service which means it is vulnerable to enshitification and it requires phone numbers to register which sucks a hell lot

I use #DeltaChat, decentralized, anonymous, no data required for registration, and it doesn't have this deanonymization attack problem