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This is not entirely fair - there are loads of very functional independent Matrix client implementations today already (Element, FluffyChat, Nheko, Hydrogen, Fr

This is not entirely fair - there are loads of very functional independent Matrix client implementations today already (Element, FluffyChat, Nheko, Hydrogen, Fractal-next, Neochat etc), and a growing number of independent server impls too (Synapse, Dendrite, Conduit, Polyjuice…). It’s true to compare Matrix with WHATWG though - we used the model of WHATWG’s pragmatism as a direct inspiration for Matrix as an implementation-first approach, where we’d then write an open governance spec (having proven it worked) as per https://spec.matrix.org https://spec.matrix.org and eventually merge it into an established standards body like W3C or IETF when stable.

octoberfranklin 5y ago
> there are loads of very functional independent Matrix client implementations No, there's only one. Matrix tries to confuse people by calling the important part of the client a "homeserver".
a1369209993 5y ago
> there are loads of very functional independent Matrix client implementations []today[] There used to be loads of very functional independent web browsers too. There still are, if you count "only works with websites that haven't been up^Wworsegraded in the past decade and a half" as "functional".