• pandapoo@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Those choices don’t occur in a vacuum.

    What do you think happens to the nonprofit foundation built entirely around a fanatical devotion to privacy, if they partnered with Facebook. Not just partnered with, but in doing so, weakened the overall privacy of their platform.

    Putting aside adoption rates, how does that impact their organizational sustainment and viability e.g. their ability to draw in donations, retain talent, or stay independent?

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      That all gets better due to having far more users. You can’t just say “let’s ignore adoption rate” - that’s a pretty huge deal. It’s by far and away the main thing that holds them back.

      And again, they were fine with SMS, which is far far worse.