- I don't have enough disposable income and disposable time to self host and then keep up to date some flavour of messaging protocol server. - Everyone's under

- I don't have enough disposable income and disposable time to self host and then keep up to date some flavour of messaging protocol server. - Everyone's understanding of this issue is different. It's hard enough to convince technical people to use matrix/element vs signal, vs what ever they already have installed. Non-Technical people will either just ignore you or trust you entirely, I'm not sure which is worse. - When something goes wrong I have to fix it myself. now I'm 24/7 on call. - Even If I have knowledge enough to run the infrastructure myself, to compile clients and servers myself, to register domains etc.. I cant understand the source code to identify every possible un-trust worthy thing. even if I could, system security is not just about the code.. what is a trusted architecture to run it on? It just isn't in any way, by any stretch of the imagination, feasible to self host any messaging service myself, that I want to use with the aim of talking to a wide range of people, from all parts of my life.. When I just want to chat with my work colleagues and arrange to go to drinks, or about their break up, or some other company or whatever..