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> Ask HN: Why does P2P encrypted messaging still suck?

Because no one wants to pay for it.




Also, no one's asking to have it paid for.

I've noticed over the past few years that a lot of things go un-made because there's an assumption that no one will pay for something if it's done really well.

The reality is a lot of people will pay for something if it's done really well.

I'd easily pay $10/month for Facebook, if Facebook really had some way to shut off 100% of its marketing-based data things that we're all so worried about.

Thing is that people became allergic to asking outright for money from consumers a while ago. I used to buy software, and I still will if someone actually makes great software!

(I pay for all sorts of services that actually ask; Dropbox, a password manager, Spotify, Netflix, extra space on Gmail, etc. Provide an actually great service, make it a reasonable price and I'll pay!)


threema.ch exists if you want a paid encrypted chat client

Things that are free get about 10x more adoption than non-free equivalents, and chat clients are software that have network effects.


https://spideroak.com/semaphor/

SpiderOak is a good company.

I've had a free storage account with them for years. I didn't log in for 3 years and when I logged in my data was still sitting there, safe and sound. Pretty nice for a free tier.




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