I've just signed up for this. I think "on average more willing to sacrifice privacy over ease of use" is probably a reasonable description of me. I'm not a fan

I've just signed up for this. I think "on average more willing to sacrifice privacy over ease of use" is probably a reasonable description of me. I'm not a fan at all of FB though, I have absolutely no trust in them at all. As such, I tried to get my world moved from WhatsApp to Signal. Inevitably I didn't succeed completely (although more than I expected) but now I'm split between those two. Plus I have some people who only communicate via FB messenger, and a few friends on Discord. To message someone I first have to remember which platform they prefer and then find it in my folder of chat apps. It's not an insurmountable problem obviously, but it does add friction. If I can have that all in one place, cross-platform with a decent UX then that's definitely worth $5 a month to me, plus all the bonuses: * I am actually moving in a more privacy focused direction. Yes I understand the caveats with bridges, but being on Matrix means that I can start a (slow) process of moving my interactions onto it * I don't have to worry about backing up my Signal messages (which is a pain to have automatically sync 'offsite' from your phone) * I can use it as my IRC client (with message history hanging around), etc. Let me put it another way - I've wanted to be on Matrix for a while but haven't quite managed it. I like the decentralised philosophy, both from a technical perspective and a privacy one but every time I've signed up it hasn't been worth it and/or it's too painful. This gets it over the hump for me (if it's as promised).