the threat model is not the same, there is an additional vector. it's not hard to see how a bridging service provides a single point of compromise and is a high

the threat model is not the same, there is an additional vector. it's not hard to see how a bridging service provides a single point of compromise and is a high value target compared to a million independent endpoints it is literally a step back towards the centralized unencrypted messenger model say what you will about the centralized e2e model, but you can't argue that the previous situation was better.