← Back to context Comment by rglullis 2 years ago The 50 million using them all lose because they are locked into a monopolistic platform. 7 comments rglullis Reply illiac786 2 years ago they can communicate to anyone with WhatsApp, SMS, iMessage.... This is a closed system, not a monopoly. bravoetch 2 years ago Nobody is locked into Signal. It's free to use, and free to leave. saagarjha 2 years ago That’s not how platform lock-in works. 8n4vidtmkvmk 2 years ago You can export to markdown apparently. Who's locked in? It might be a pain to import that into any other app but I don't think any messaging app is going to make that easy. You still have all your data if you want to bail 3 replies →
illiac786 2 years ago they can communicate to anyone with WhatsApp, SMS, iMessage.... This is a closed system, not a monopoly.
bravoetch 2 years ago Nobody is locked into Signal. It's free to use, and free to leave. saagarjha 2 years ago That’s not how platform lock-in works. 8n4vidtmkvmk 2 years ago You can export to markdown apparently. Who's locked in? It might be a pain to import that into any other app but I don't think any messaging app is going to make that easy. You still have all your data if you want to bail 3 replies →
saagarjha 2 years ago That’s not how platform lock-in works. 8n4vidtmkvmk 2 years ago You can export to markdown apparently. Who's locked in? It might be a pain to import that into any other app but I don't think any messaging app is going to make that easy. You still have all your data if you want to bail 3 replies →
8n4vidtmkvmk 2 years ago You can export to markdown apparently. Who's locked in? It might be a pain to import that into any other app but I don't think any messaging app is going to make that easy. You still have all your data if you want to bail 3 replies →
they can communicate to anyone with WhatsApp, SMS, iMessage.... This is a closed system, not a monopoly.
Nobody is locked into Signal. It's free to use, and free to leave.
That’s not how platform lock-in works.
You can export to markdown apparently. Who's locked in? It might be a pain to import that into any other app but I don't think any messaging app is going to make that easy. You still have all your data if you want to bail
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