Where did you get to that 60 cents number? They mention they need 65k for 90 days of critical infrastructure so I calculate:
65000 / 90 * 365 = 263611,11 euro per year for critical infrastructure
263611,11 / 1700000 claimed users = 0,155 euro per user per year
15,5 cents per user per year is still huge though, compared to delta chat’s 0,1 cent per user per year. (which should be comparable since they are both encrypted decentralized messengers)
Then it should be fine even without the org?
Edit: It will not be fine without the org, so the “decentralized” claim is a bit of a stretch. From their FAQ:
[…] the lack of funding would mean the foundation is not able to support Session in any capacity and will need to be shut down. As a result, Session would be removed from the app stores, and critical infrastructure like the Session file server, push notification server and seed nodes will go offline.
TLDR: to use the open source decentralized platform pay for a proprietary app
Kbin went down so I choose the biggest one to not have to deal with it going down
There is also no standard way of buying a DRM free epub for personal use so I’m fine downloading them from Anna too :)
Delta.chat already exists
That’s just open source, not decentralized. I can’t find a definition of decentralization that would even make it vague. From Wikipedia:
Decentralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those related to planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group and given to smaller factions within it.
Signal has a central authoritative server and to use it with any other server you have to modify the source code.
it’s decentralized
No it’s not. From literally your own comment:
Signal relies on centralized servers
For a decentralized messenger use https://delta.chat/
Ah the donation goal, good point