Gregory's Server@calebjasik Yeah, Matrix is just too complicated for me to get my simple little head around, sadly.
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@aral mmm i think it’s similar to other federated platforms like mastodon, no? you can get a quick account via https://chat.mozilla.org and signing in with a Firefox account if you have one, mozilla irc transitioned to matrix a couple of years ago: https://matrix.org/blog/2019/12/19/welcoming-mozilla-to-matrix/  @calebjasik Thanks. I mean, I have taken a look at it. It’s overly complex and I’m not a fan of extreme complexity. I find it quite unusable. Also, not happy that they have VC (https://www.matrix.org/blog/2019/10/10/new-vector-raises-8-5-m-to-accelerate-matrix-riot-modular) while appearing as “a foundation.” Smells very Mozilla. So I’ll be steering clear. @aral fair. i always wondered how hard it would be to implement chat over activitypub, though i don’t know what allowance there is in activitypub for e2ee  @aral @calebjasik They seem much more privacy conscious than Mozilla. Can't comment on the protocol complexity, but I use about three clients regularly and they cover most functionality I want. Check out Nheko if you want a nice pmOS-friendly client, it's basically on par with Element. @csepp @aral btw, google funds nheko if you didn’t know https://matrix.org/blog/2020/09/09/gsoc-report-adding-features-in-end-to-end-encryption-for-nheko-reborn hmm i can’t find more info tho? i remembered google strongly funding the project… |
@aral @calebjasik
I don't think @matrix is specially complicated. You don't need to setup a new instance, just create an account and choose and app like #fluffychat , #elements or even a terminal client.
You can also use a #telegram - #matrix bridge to communicate with your telegram contacts.