A new messaging app is in development, and the project is described as “an open source WhatsApp for the Fediverse.”
13 points
Besides the main implementation synapse being slow, the new implementation dendrite is unfinished but progressing.
But technical standards aside, the hassle of managing encryption keys is too buggy and confusing IMO. That’ll deter most people I feel.
I want it to be great but it just isn’t there yet.