https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001666938084.html

Did you know nostr:nprofile1qqsvnx99ww0sfall7gpv2jtz4ftc9v6wevgdd7g4hh7awkpfvwlezugpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0chkv5c 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.

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🪦 Skype is soon going to be no more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/02/28/the-next-chapter-moving-from-skype-to-microsoft-teams/. For a proprietary app, it has done its job and lived a long 21-year life. Do you remember when MSN Messenger was replaced by Skype?

Meanwhile, some of my favourite IRC and XMPP-based IM tools from the '90s are still going strong in OSS land. Some can even handle 4K video calls without a hitch nowadays... unlike Microsoft Teams. Go figure. 🤷‍♂️

#Skype #XMPP #IRC #InstantMessaging #OpenSource #Technology

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@anthony@accioly.social 🔗 https://accioly.social/users/anthony/statuses/114083152032377796

So we have been in the trenches with this issue for a few months. We're currently using #nostream -- note that you'll need to make a lot of changes to the configuration file to change various "rate limiting" limits -- it's quite tricky because you probably won't know that you've hit these limits until your users actually start using nostr:npub19hg5pj5qmd3teumh6ld7drfz49d65sw3n3d5jud8sgz27avkq5dqm7yv9p a lot! .... But that's not it -- the challenge actually that we have been having is KEEPING THE CONNECTION ALIVE between our server and our relay -- that's actually our development focus right now. It's tricky because these websocket connections don't last for ever. You really I think need to set up constant monitoring - we have quite complicated monitoring in place with a demo NWC user, who makes a 1 sat payment every few minutes, and then we get alarms if it fails..... I think there is generally a need for some BEST PRACTICES to be established with LONG LIVED connections to relays.

Oh, and yes, in your #nostream configuration file, you will want to disallow probably some KINDs, so your relay only deals with NWC stuff. But again, this is not straightforward, I think that some clients won't use your relay if you limit the kinds too much?

GM there is no second best digital asset https://v.nostr.build/k58c2scb9sunrLzu.mp4