I like how Signal is available as an SMS app on Android. Even though it doesn't help privacy over SMS it helps adoption, which then pushes more people into the privacy preserving part of the app. This should be done with keychat if there's no compromises on the number one goal of perfect privacy.
I'm more of a fan of cashu than fedi, but listening to a podcast about the "superapp" concept of fedi got me thinking. The "mods" concept and the open source of the superapp by Jan 3, 2025 could be an opportunity. If you convert the superapp to a "protocol" that apps can plug into, it could become indeed super.
Create hardware that only needs to have data, and runs the app. Then for messaging, "mods" plug in your favorite messaging app (keychat?), then if the CEO gets arrested, you switch messaging apps to your next favorite, and competition wins.
You plug in your favorite payment app (self hosted cashu.me wallet), and if a better one comes along, switch.
Phone, maps, all plug in. Everything that plugs in has the ability to receive payments seamlessly from whatever standard-compliant payment app the user has plugged in, so from the company perspective, they don't need to program and pay for a "payment processor," they just plug in to the protocol.
With standards on this "protocol" we can have seamless, privacy-preserving competition for the best UIs with no "ecosystem lock-in".
furio
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2024-08-29 12:49:17
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