Hello. I am looking for an alternative to Telegram and I prefer an application that uses decentralised servers. My question is: why is the xmpp+omemo protocol not recommended on websites when it is open source and decentralised? The privacyguides.org website does not list xmpp+omemo as a recommended messaging service. Nor does this website include it in its comparison of private messaging services.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/assets/img/cover/real-time-communication.webp
Why do you think xmpp and its messaging clients such as Conversations, Movim, Gajim, etc. do not appear in these guides?



The freenet/futo devs are working something called river (https://freenet.org/). I don’t think it’s mobile yet and cannot attest to it’s call quality. It’s fully decentralized though, so it should work even if they abandon the project. Here’s a video on the protocol https://youtu.be/3SxNBz1VTE0 Mostly goes over the introductory docs that’re on the site.