> There seems to be an inherent assumption that running your own services necessitates taking care of maintenance yourself. An assumption that should be challe

> There seems to be an inherent assumption that running your own services necessitates taking care of maintenance yourself. An assumption that should be challenged. You can run your own chat server, with end-to-end encryption, thanks to the work being done by Matrix. Check out https://modular.im https://modular.im (I use them and am quite happy with it.)