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> generic & enthusiastic evangelism I'm sorry my post has come across that way. I simply wanted to point out that framing the argument as "Matrix vs $PROPRIET
by kiwidrew 6y ago
> generic & enthusiastic evangelism
I'm sorry my post has come across that way. I simply wanted to point out that framing the argument as "Matrix vs $PROPRIETARY_SERVICE" is unhelpful at best.
As an actual user of XMPP who has managed to get (some) of my contacts to join me in this brave old world of federation, I get frustrated when the conversation turns to "Matrix vs $CENTRALIZED_SERVICE_OF_THE_DAY" -- it's a false dichotomy that ignores that fact that 20 years later XMPP is still here and still hasn't died. IRC and SMTP are the only other standards for messaging that can claim that kind of longevity.
Of course XMPP is not perfect. But it's what we have to work with, and throwing our hands up in defeat and crawling back to the centralized platforms that keep letting us down is not the way forward.