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  • Yeah, I feel the same. Revolt Chat is just an eventual Discord 2 if it gains traction. It doesn’t really matter how open-source it is. It is centralized, and so will eventually need funding for hosting. Without the ability to run my own server and everyone be able to connect to it in their clients, it’s not a valid alternative.





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    Alternatives that move us backwards towards the old days are things like TeamSpeak/Mumble/Ventrilo.

    Alternatives that are similar to Discord and not owned by a for-profit company are:

    • Matrix

    A huge missing piece of almost all not-for-profit alternatives is a lack of low-latency game streaming / screen streaming. The best Matrix gets is running a jitsi meet. I think Matrix is the only one that theoretically could work for some users because Discord bridges allow people who are finally fed up to move to Matrix for text chat.

    It’s difficult, though.



  • Alright, so I have had Jellyfin installed for years now, but my primary issue is that most devices myself or my users use lack official, readily-available clients. For example, the Samsung TV app is a developer mode install. Last I looked, nobody has put a build into the store.

    I really want to use Jellyfin, but I feel like my users simply can’t. I’m interested in others’ experiences here that could help.





  • Fair, and I don’t mean to sound or act like it’s already over. Reading it back now, it does, but I did mean it to be more of a … wake up call (?) that judges’ orders probably won’t mean much. That the danger is here, with us, in the present.

    Perhaps my perspective is better explained as “He will do what he wants. Until he is forced not to.”

    That force could come from politicians, people refusing to execute his dictates, or - as seems more and more like the only way out - from revolt.