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Molly, Signal fork introduced multiple devices support tablets included, all linked to one single account (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apologies, but why would one prefer the fork over the original? Aren't they both FOSS anyways?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, the original depends on proprietary blobs. And so does molly, unless you use the FOSS version explicitly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do they use proprietary blobs for?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

AFAIK, Google Maps, Firebase Cloud Messaging, Authentication and (since v5.24.15) Wallet/Payments. Might be more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!