I like the speed and simplicity of XMPP with OMEMO, but you're right that apps and servers may not all be up to date. IMO, if a server doesn't support the lates

I like the speed and simplicity of XMPP with OMEMO, but you're right that apps and servers may not all be up to date. IMO, if a server doesn't support the latest IM and Mobile compliance suites[1], the admin responsible is negligent, though. You should just be able to install Conversations and have an encrypted chat with anyone (I recognize that this is not, in practice, the case). For me, the biggest blocker on XMPP is that OMEMO and multiple devices don't seem to get along. Matrix solves this with cross-signing, but I don't believe the OMEMO XEP addresses the problem in any way. I think Moxie's article is directly a response to XMPP. But on the other hand, Matrix has managed to have both federation and rapid evolution, so he's just empirically wrong. [1]: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0459.html https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0459.html