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dave@dthompson@toot.cat (2026-07-16 01:29:29)
I wasn't a Briar user but I sympathize with the challenges the developers had with it, particularly on mobile OSes. Push notifications are one of the biggest blockers to p2p gaining traction, especially on iOS.
https://briarproject.org/news/2026-maintenance-mode/
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dave@dthompson@toot.cat (2026-07-16 01:32:22)
it's already hard enough to do something novel in the chat space because network effects are strong. if you're not a p2p nerd then why would you care, right? age verification/chat control legislation may be the thing that pushes p2p chat into the mainstream if the legal landscape gets bad enough, but the mobile OSes will still be hostile to it.
ArneBab@ArneBab@rollenspiel.social (2026-07-16 01:34:08)
@dthompson seeing Briar shut down hurts.
It was among my backup plans if we can’t keep #Hyphanet afloat (no shutdown planned there, but we’re moving slowly).
Stuff to do:
https://www.draketo.de/software/hyphanet-plan-progress
Tools I’d love to see people take up:
https://github.com/hyphanet/mycelink_client
https://github.com/hyphanet/mycelink_lib
https://github.com/hyphanet/free-chat-2
https://github.com/hyphanet/N2NChat
https://github.com/hyphanet/Shoeshop
https://github.com/hyphanet/app
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