• exhaust_fan@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    [Signal] has contact discovery so it owns matrix and xmpp when compared to whatsapp

    Can you please elaborate? Idk what this means

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      8 hours ago

      It means that, because signal mandates you to use your phone as ID, all your phone contacts that have signal are immediately signal contacts. Matrix, XMPP, SimpleX, etc. can’t really do that. That’s by choice, to preserve privacy, but it does create a friction point when migrating.