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Free Internet Non-Believers (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I believe in an open internet, FOSS, privacy by default, etc. I migrated away from Google by self-hosting Nextcloud. I prefer messaging apps like Molly, SimpleX, Threema, Matrix, etc. over standard SMS. I love the Fediverse (Lemmy, Mastodon, etc.).

But everyone I live with and everyone I know simply refuses to take part. I can't interact with them socially because they're all on Facebook. I can't communicate with them because they all use group texts for SMS/RCS. I feel like I'm living in a different part of the world and am completely disconnected from everything that's going on around me (with the people I want to interact).

My question is: does anyone else experience this, and how do you reconcile it? I want to share photos and clever posts with my family but they aren't on the Fediverse. I want to communicate securely with them but they only want to SMS. I want to share documents but they only use Google Docs.

There are people I've met on the Fediverse and through some secure messaging apps with whom I've struck up a rapport, but these are still (predominately) strangers, and I'd really like to involve the people I care about in these exciting new times. They just wont participate.

I feel like I've invited everyone in my family to go on a great, grand vacation away and I'm the only one who's packed.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never even heard of SimpleX. Is that some Musk-related shitty thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't googled it yet but my bet is crypto.

EDIT: glad to be wrong. Looks like Tor but for chat. Looks quite cool, but considering I couldn't even get the friend who hosts my Matrix homeserver to stick with Matrix, my hopes aren't high for getting a chance to play around with it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah yeah, I don’t see that happening either because there is somewhat of a learning curve for folks who have never done that kind of thing before, and it’s unlikely grandma would be ready to make the swap.