As far as I know, the Matrix protocol shouldn't be limiting when it comes to one-to-one chats. There are already Matrix mobile clients focusing on this use cas

As far as I know, the Matrix protocol shouldn't be limiting when it comes to one-to-one chats. There are already Matrix mobile clients focusing on this use case, aiming at being a WhatsApp replacement. Examples are: Ditto Chat[1], Nio[2], and FluffyChat[3]. Before trying to solve the network-effect issue (i.e. all people using WhatsApp), we should make one of the mentioned clients at least as good as WhatsApp, or else users won't switch. [1] https://dittochat.org https://dittochat.org [2] https://nio.chat https://nio.chat [3] https://fluffychat.im https://fluffychat.im