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> Fewer clients It does work decently on my phone though. > the identity server is centralized Is that really a downside? I don't know a single newcomer who
by _pferreir_ 5y ago
> Fewer clients
It does work decently on my phone though.
> the identity server is centralized
Is that really a downside? I don't know a single newcomer who found authenticating with "Nickserv" was a natural thing to do.
- delfinom 5y agoAt the same time, people used IRC because you could remain anonymous (with IP leakage being the only real issue). Matrix seems like a FBI honeypot asking you for email and phone number.
- joepie91_ 5y agoAs stated above, these are completely optional and only used for contact discovery (and password resets in the case of e-mail). Edit: Though I believe that matrix.org requires an e-mail address nowadays. But most homeservers don't.
- stryan 5y agomatrix.org does not, though it does have a prompt for e-mail on registration page. There's a line of text under it explaining that this is for optional opt-in contact discovery and password resets.
- joepie91_ 5y agoHmm, I've been hearing mentions of it being required since recently. But then I haven't tried it myself, so I may be wrong.
- atatatat 5y agoMatrix DOES NOT require an email or phone#.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoirccloud works great on my phone. You can paste screenshots and do pretty much everything I want out of a chat client.