Signal has the same policy. I understand that these companies are paying money to host their API servers, but c'mon. Either run a free, open service or don't.
The guy has a point. They write on Medium[1]:<p><i>Q: How is open source going to impact Wire’s users and what are the opportunities for them?
Wire’s users can now build their own client from our source code and run it on our platform.</i><p>Which is clearly not the case...<p>[1] <a href="https://medium.com/@wireapp/you-can-now-build-your-own-wire-client-ea9ed9214e26" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@wireapp/you-can-now-build-your-own-wire-...</a>