In some ways, the ideal scenario is to have a funded, privacy-aware NGO maintain a messenger service, but: https://blog.torproject.org/sunsetting-tor-messenger

In some ways, the ideal scenario is to have a funded, privacy-aware NGO maintain a messenger service, but: https://blog.torproject.org/sunsetting-tor-messenger https://blog.torproject.org/sunsetting-tor-messenger "We, the people" is such a fragile concept when it comes to resource stability (time, money, dedication). Looking at a project like Linux, there are commercial interests that fund a large part of the pipeline. Running the actual network and developing the various messenger clients add a layer of organizational complexity that, in my perspective, only private companies have been able to honor, and only to the extent described by the OP. One could settle for less Service, but then we have XMPP with various encryption schemes. Too complex to set up.