It’s certainly different, but for signal users who want to maintain that level of privacy, it’s probably something they want, right? From their perspective this is probably a good decision.
I’m indifferent because I’d personally rather have interoperability and Beeper gets the job done.
I’m indifferent, since I’ve got both installed, there’s no escaping having to use WhatsApp in many countries around the globe. If I want to keep in touch with family/friends then only one or two contacts use signal, for everyone else it’s WhatsApp or the alternative is SMS.
I’m also indifferent though because of I want the interoperability, Beeper is doing fine.
There are people who are knowledgeable and good at their job. Knowledgeable enough to be experts. Those are usually subject matter experts, including developers.
The issue is that no one can guarantee an outcome or that they’ve picked the right approach.
I just run Jellyfin in a bookmarked browser shortcut on WebOS. Never had any issues.
Certainly won’t be as good a year as 2023.
I prefer manuals, they’re more fun to drive, but the future is inevitably automatic with EVs.
I’ve made the switch over and Lemmy feels perfectly viable and improving very quickly especially with the third party app devs working on supporting Lemmy. Reddit won’t die but it looks like it’ll stagnate, whereas Lemmy has got a brighter future.
I left pocket casts before they went the sub model. antennapod is my app of choice and works perfectly.