Zoom acquired Keybase today.
Keybase helped me to identify a trend in the software industry: using a pretty UI to cover up the disruption of an open ecosystem with a closed, centralized replacement. Keybase seemed cool on the face of it - making encryption easier is a laudible goal, and PGP certainly could use the improvement. But, thanks to Keybase, now I ask different questions upfront.
Beware the Keybase formula:
1. Integrates with an existing, open ecosystem
2. May have open-source clients, but server is closed source and does not federate
3. Pretty UI and good marketing
4. VC funded
@sir Well, seems like Telegram has a similar formula.
@zachdecook @sir yes I think you are right
@zachdecook @puresick @sir and the company is lead by that donor's brother.... They've got plenty of problems, but they look different to me. Telegram has ego & machismo problems.