Decentralization/Federalization + Standard Protocols. To really get the full potential, one needs both, since only then the network is truly free.
Nobody can tell you how to access the Network, what software to use, who you can communicate with, etc.
If you try using an unofficial WhatsApp client (eg. when you don't have you're phone), they can delete your account, and you can't do anything against that. This is IMO just too much control the central server has over the client.
Decentralization/Federalization + Standard Protocols. To really get the full potential, one needs both, since only then the network is truly free.
Nobody can tell you how to access the Network, what software to use, who you can communicate with, etc.
If you try using an unofficial WhatsApp client (eg. when you don't have you're phone), they can delete your account, and you can't do anything against that. This is IMO just too much control the central server has over the client.