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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

UX is very difficult, unfortunately, especially for open-source projects where the contributors are usually programmers and not so much UX/product managers.

[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Look at the telegram client, which is open source and has the best UX for a messenger I know

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't telegram a for-profit company?

[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

The telegram apps are open source

[–] min_fapper@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but repeated "This message cannot be decrypted" breaks its primary function as a chat app.

It's getting harder and harder to disable their broken end to end encryption by default too.