What's the problem P2P is solving here? And why haven't the other P2P chats solved it yet?

> I'm saying that P2P hasn't succeeded before and people just use Signal because it actually has product/market fit.

Then we should celebrate the fact that people are still using their own time and resources to solve this problem.

irusensei

I'm saying that P2P hasn't succeeded before and people just use Signal because it actually has product/market fit.

IRC has been the dominant chat for several decades and is now starting to get beat by matrix (neither are P2P)

nullcount

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Signal is not entirely p2p. It relies on their servers to relay some types of messages and contact discovery. They even use Intel proprietary encryption extensions.

Signal also dabbles in shitcoinery.

There is no comparison. Posting that XKCD comic was out of place from the begining.