But I (and probably most users) don’t know them, over time people come and go, some even change who they are, businesses get sold. Only open source persists.
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I’ll take the risk knowing what I know about the Beeper people that I’ve been working with for over two years.
Sounds reasonable to me
That’s fine… for you, right now.
But I (and probably most users) don’t know them, over time people come and go, some even change who they are, businesses get sold. Only open source persists.
Thankfully all of the Matrix bridges they created for Beeper are open source.
Ok, ok, I get it… but I’m still wary of a business model based on closed clients. Guess we’ll see how it goes.
If you know the team, then that’s a pretty good reason to trust them. Only works if you know the team, though.
“I know these guys, trust me” is not a valid security assessment.