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We estimate that by 2025, Signal will require approximately $50 million dollars a year to operate—and this is very lean compared to other popular messaging apps that don’t respect your privacy.

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[-] u_tamtam@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I can't pretend to know the future, but if you read between the lines and the justifications provided, this isn't really about AGPL per se, but about Element brokering AGPL exceptions. Practically we can expect all kinds of forks with opencore options that might enshittify the user experience in different ways, and further solidification of Element's single-handed control over Matrix (which had been a prime concern for many years). Matrix is by the day closer to the closed-source centralized silos it was first pretending to oppose.

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I hear what youre saying, I don't like the license exceptions. I just hope it doesnt go that route.

[-] squeakycat@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

And don't forget the CLA!

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