Especially surprising since consolidating multiple messaging protocols under Matrix is literally Beeper's service, and has been for a few years. Several other

Especially surprising since consolidating multiple messaging protocols under Matrix is literally Beeper's service, and has been for a few years. Several other comment mention "piggybacking", but there are plenty of services piggybacking on tech giants: SearX, Nitter, Invidious, Teddit, Libreddit. One can even argue that LineageOS and GrapheneOS are piggybacking on Google's efforts.