I wrote the OP, and this is very much the correct interpretation. I spelt out the problem more clearly here: https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element/1138438085833

I wrote the OP, and this is very much the correct interpretation. I spelt out the problem more clearly here: https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element/113843808583376704 https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element/113843808583376704 The issue is that large system integrators offer to run huge Matrix deployments for governments, think they can do so by using the FOSS server and maintain it themselves, and have no incentive to route any $ to the upstream project at all. As a result, you end up with situations like https://www.heise.de/news/Probleme-mit-Open-Source-Videokonferenz-Tool-Hessen-fuehrt-kurzfristig-Webex-ein-10217839.html https://www.heise.de/news/Probleme-mit-Open-Source-Videokonf... where the project fails, which makes everyone look bad. So the point of this (pretty brutal) post is to try to say: "Seriously, if you are trying to run millions of users on a deployment, work with us as the upstream project - out of the box, the FOSS project will not work for this use case".