Ask HN: Do you have an exit plan for Slack?

8•gtirloni•1mo ago

If Slack would increase price too much or go rogue with unbereable ToS terms, how screwed would your company be today?

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toomuchtodo•1mo ago

Mattermost.

toomuchtodo•1mo ago

Zulip seems to be preferred, as Mattermost is twiddling towards enshittification, which I was not aware of when I made the comment above.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383980

PaulHoule•1mo ago

We've got a license for Teams that we don't use.

fittingopposite•1mo ago

Thinking about the same. Anyone experiences with Zulip vs Matrix/Element? Both seem to be the only true and mature foss solutions Dabbled with both a bit and so far felt that Zulip is a bit more polished and communication friendly. Use case is for a small startup (around 10 people and growing). Thoughts?

alexpham14•1mo ago

I just lived Politehub, it could be an alternative for Slack, kindly give it a try, guys!

petabyt•1mo ago

IMO Zulip is better than matrix in every way. But I haven't used matrix in a few years now.

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