Fair points and I agree. And I love Matrix as a concept, it just has been really rough around the edges in practice (been on and off since 2017 or so and regula

Fair points and I agree. And I love Matrix as a concept, it just has been really rough around the edges in practice (been on and off since 2017 or so and regular user since 2019). As I see it Signal is superior to Matrix in the (Whatsapp|Signal|FBMessenger|Telegram|whatever) space, but Matrix has great potential across the board. It just irks me when people suggest using Matrix (Element) as a replacement to Signal - the use cases are very different and the UI/UX and overall user friendliness are very different - I would never try to get my aunt on Matrix, whereas on Signal the onboarding and use is just the same as any other regular messaging app, except with top notch encryption. And I've been using Signal/TextSecure since 2013-2014 (granted I didn't have many (any) contacts using it back then). And overall I'm happy to see continuous progress with Matrix, it's just slow IMO. But obviously you need to consider what's actually involved under the hood - where Signal has a much easier job due to its centralization. Personally I wish both projects great success!