Thread 105910875

Why does nobody use Matrix anymore? Metadata leaks?

>>105910875 (OP)
We all got tired of caring about privacy and went back to sms. Things are simpler this way.

>>105910875 (OP)
You hallucinated the fact that nobody uses Matrix. A lot of people use Matrix, way more than xmpp for example.

>>105910924
In my experience most communities that used to be on Matrix now are on SimpleX
>>105910912
I stopped using /g/ for a bit and its true there does seem to be a massive downturn in the popularity of privacy focused software

>>105910962
>federated xmpp replacement vs some company's chatting app
Apples to oranges
Should have known when I clicked on this thread. Buy an ad.

>>105911024
you can engage in a conversation like a normal person or you can start to seethe the second i bring up a topical chatting service

>>105911116
Kill yourself

>>105911126
okay seems like you chose the second option

I still use it, selfhosting synapse and using element client. It's shit in many ways but all the basics work well enough that I keep using it. I've got it bridged to d*scord and IRC when I have to interact with those and it works well enough.

Development seems to be funded by europoor governments these days, which is nice that it'll probably still get improved and won't just die like many other projects. I wish they'd work more on discord parity features though like voice channels and server roles. Even stupid shit like custom emoji (in element, some other clients support it already but break other things) would be nice to bleed more people off of shitcord.

>>105910875 (OP)
i use it to talk to a couple friends

>>105911553
doesn't discord get your data anyways because you need an account to bridge, or am i missing something?

>>105910875 (OP)
Nobody really cares. And it seems like too much trouble.

Federated stuff is inherently a terrible idea (for usage of normies, not technical stuff which is all you people care about and why nothing takes off. hi tox), nothing that is federated will ever take off, ever.

>>105911884
you don't have to use federation to use matrix. you don't even have to self host a homeserver if you're fine with just using someone else's (which is what you do anyway by using literally any service that you don't self host).