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Who went "full fedi" yet? (lemmy.giftedmc.com)

submitted 11 months ago by haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Bit of a simple question: Some people on lemmy are still posting stuff from youtube, xitter and the like.

Have you gone full fediverse yet or how far are you?

traded reddit for lemmy/kbin
xitter for mastodon
discord for matrix
youtube for peertube

Obviously I also mean other alternatives. Which ones do you use and why?

Disclaimer: this question is me asking genuinely but also trying to make it fun by arbitrary ranking/escalating it. Not trying to say one is better than the others.

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[–] Rokk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why is matrix better than discord?

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

On Discord you are forced to use single proprietary app from single provider (that btw is really close with China's Tencent) and to use their infrastructure. Basically using Discord is trapping yourself and friends into the will of giant company because chat systems are hard to switch.

With Matrix you can choose between many apps, but most importantly you can can choose a server or even create your own.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 11 months ago

Thank you for elaborating. Additionally, matrix does not serve you ads, sell your data or has your chats stored somewhere without you able to access it. You can selfhost it too.