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Could you plz say more about the downsides of integrating xmtp for DCs?

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To me the problem is that DMs are only on warpcast mobile. I wanna DM ppl on web, supercast, flink, etc 

If your algo were open then I would not care about xmtp vs DCs, but I hear that’s several months away

If that’s true, maybe doing xmtp instead is a similar amount of work?

I like the XMTP folks and their mission, but right now who do you want to talk to that is active on XMTP?

If we spent time ripping out DCs and integrating XMTP right now, we'd have: 
- Weaker encryption 
- More systemic complexity for clients 
- No material improvement for our users

@v I’d love to hear more. 

With MLS, we will have both your security requirements you shared with us. 

And devs mostly tell us XMTP is really simple to integrate. 

Would be great to hear what else you’re looking for. Or have an actual conversation to discuss