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For chat-like services I am hosting my own Matrix server with all the bridges to WhatsApp, Signal, Discourse, Slack, Telegram, etc. the UX is not perfect yet bu
by jeena 3y ago
For chat-like services I am hosting my own Matrix server with all the bridges to WhatsApp, Signal, Discourse, Slack, Telegram, etc. the UX is not perfect yet but it works well enough that I to 95% don't open the original apps/websites anymore.
- tetris11 3y ago> bridges to WhatsApp https://element.io/blog/ems-launches-fully-managed-matrix-bridging-for-whatsapp/ https://element.io/blog/ems-launches-fully-managed-matrix-br... I did nor know this was a thing...! Game changer.
- xethos 3y agoAbsolutely the bridges are a thing. Facebook Messenger is aggressive about kicking users that are using Facebook's app, Google Chat isn't amaaazing about the sign-in flow currently, and Signal was deeply unhappy with me last I tried (possibly due to using a VoIP number), but overall, my chats follow me everywhere. Regardless of whether I grab my Pinephone or BlackBerry (whichever is charged), all my messages just follow along with a single sign on. It's fantastic :)
- predictabl3 3y agoAdd jmp.chat in the mix (sms, mms, group mms) and literally every chat network I use is covered by a server and network that I control, with a variety of clients. I expect eventually jmp.chat will bridge SIP invites and I'll have legacy phone call support for the 12 phone calls I make/recieve a year. Matrix is somehow absent in all of these federation conversations. Maybe because it's quietly ... working in spite of all the noise that federated platforms are untenable. (See my other comment for how Matrix's federation is resilient to home server outages, etc. Federation FTW)