AbstractEquilibrium on Nostr: This is a bit hyperbolic. Run your own relay & ignore theirs & flux's relays. That ...

This is a bit hyperbolic. Run your own relay & ignore theirs & flux's relays.

That said, better keep an eye on keychat (nprofile…trej) & 0xchat (nprofile…f30t) 😉

quoting nevent1q…hjah

Did you know simplex (nprofile…kv5c) now has a blockchain/shitcoin built in (called Flux)?

https://simplex.chat/blog/20241210-simplex-network-v6-2-servers-by-flux-business-chats.html#simplex-chat-and-flux-improve-metadata-privacy-in-simplex-network )

Did you know they've also started doing "content moderation"—blocking users, groups and 3rd party servers?

https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/821f034d18930c5c32d1c010a72bff15775b9337/docs%2Frfcs%2F2024-12-30-content-moderation.md

Yeah, so far it's only to stop CSAM distribution but we all know how that's a slippery slope. The good old "Think of the children" tactic. If there's a method to ban, block or censor, it will be used and ABUSED.

SimpleX Chat may have good #privacy but it's not decentralized, neither censorship-resistant. They also seem too concerned with complying with Google/Apple stores—“(...)there are requirements we have to comply with that exist outside of law, e.g. requirements of application stores.”

I also found out they are getting funded by VCS such a Village Global ( https://www.villageglobal.vc/ ), which have backers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Anne Wojcicki and others.

https://simplex.chat/blog/20240814-simplex-chat-vision-funding-v6-private-routing-new-user-experience.html#the-past-investment-from-village-global

This is not freedom tech. I'm out. DYOR.