But to be fair Mail is pretty centralized too nowadays for most people @gmail and @outlook. Of course there are others but my point is that there a a hand full of providers up to a point that it’s almost unfeasible to maintain and run you own mailserver because there is a high chance that those large providers will flag your mail as spam because it’s rare to see a “wild” mailserver.
I did the same what @warm said and I don’t even have WhatsApp. If someone needs something from me they have to write on Signal (or SMS 🤣).
You are definitely right but it’s probably almost right at the sweet spot. Decentralization/federation is great for privacy, but think about what most non-technical people can handle. With federation alone, practically all non-tech people would even fail (or be confused by) the first step, namely to find an instance.
So are there more privacy friendly options than Signal? Definitely. But are those user friendly enough most people could use it? I can’t think of one, but would live to hear some alternatives that are simple enough my mom could use it.
I’m pretty sure she couldn’t. She would wonder why she couldn’t contact anyone from her contact list. Sending individual links to probably hundreds of people without knowing if they use Simplex is completely unfeasible. Signal and WhatsApp you just open the app, immediately see who else uses it and can start texting. No multiple profiles, no meeting to scan QR codes or sending links, which is especially ironic because she would probably send that via Signal or WhatsApp 🤣