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Element gives you infinite desktop searchable chat history for e2ee chats

• aulin 5y ago
  it would be great if you could choose an IM platform for its features, unfortunately you have to stick with what your contacts use
  • kevincox 5y ago
    Matrix does have great bridging support so it is maybe the way out. With 2 bridges I've reduced myself to 2 chat apps (Matrix + the occasional SMS) which I am very happy with. It obviously isn't the final solution, but gives me a consistent interface across networks while I slowly grow my Matrix-native network.
    • rohithkp 5y ago
      Did you experience any quirks or problems using the bridges for WhatsApp? Are you running a matrix bridge instance on a personal cloud instance?
      • kevincox 5y ago
        I'm not using a WhatsApp bridge so I can't comment on that bridge specifically. Few of my contacts are on that so I was able to drop it. I am self-hosting a Facebook bridge and Hangouts/Google Chat bridge amd using a hosted Telegram bridge.