Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agoUseful list of European alternatives to BigTechproton.meexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down15cross-posted to: linuxphones@lemmy.cafriendica@lemmy.caBuyFromEU@europe.pub
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minus-squarehoppygarden@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 days agoright, I forgot to mention this option. Indeed a possibility it requies some technical knowledge and is not something many people do, probably less than 1% compare that to phone number portability is available automatically to everyone (perhaps dependent on juristriction)
minus-squarebrrt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoOk, I agree with that. But it doesn’t work like that for other decentralized solutions either afaik. If you move from one instance in the Fediverse to another you will not retain your username@instance So what’s the difference for the user?
minus-squarehoppygarden@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoit works similar, yes. I just wanted to note that fediverse could be even more useful if it had the portability built in. ps: for mobile it’s called MNP : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_number_portability
right, I forgot to mention this option. Indeed a possibility
it requies some technical knowledge and is not something many people do, probably less than 1%
compare that to phone number portability is available automatically to everyone (perhaps dependent on juristriction)
Ok, I agree with that. But it doesn’t work like that for other decentralized solutions either afaik. If you move from one instance in the Fediverse to another you will not retain your username@instance
So what’s the difference for the user?
it works similar, yes.
I just wanted to note that fediverse could be even more useful if it had the portability built in.
ps: for mobile it’s called MNP : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_number_portability