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> Maybe you started on AOL and later realized AOL is terrible. You could export your address book and move to a client/server you trust more and notify all your
by johnchristopher 6y ago
> Maybe you started on AOL and later realized AOL is terrible. You could export your address book and move to a client/server you trust more and notify all your contacts from the new location.
The whole point is in avoiding starting with an AOL like service. So far only big matrix provider are reliable and performant enough to be usable. This is @gmail.com all over again but with @matrix.org tld.
Except you won't be able to carry your messages from a tld to another when you decide to rely on another domain name (your own or someone else's).
How long before Matrix foundation send messages telling users they are going to delete their rooms and messages if they don't log in once a year ? Or that they are now restricted your account to matrix.org rooms to "save operating costs" ?
The whole tech stack is free but operating costs are not.
- majewsky 6y ago> So far only big matrix provider are reliable and performant enough to be usable. I've been running a Matrix homeserver on a 1/1 VM for years without any issues. There is no downside to choosing a small server, you can still federate with everyone else. That's the entire point.
- johnchristopher 6y agoSame here. Except joining rooms on federated instance need something beefier than my $5/month VPS SSD. And much more storage for data (pet peeve of mine: 4K avatars pics that are not resized and stored as is on my end of the federation).