It is battle tested, standardized, widely used, have open source servers and apps, end-to-end encryption (OMEMO), self-hostable and are low on ressources and federated / decentralized.

I use it with family and friends. Conversations and blabber.im on android and Gajim on Linux. There’s also apps for windows and Apple.

Curious if anyone here use it and why, why not?

EDIT: Doh. In these Lemmy times I forgot federated. Added.

  • kalipike@kbin.social
    4·
    2 years ago

    @floofloof I would love to move to Matrix/Element but don’t know a single person who uses it, so it doesn’t seem like it would much benefit me unfortunately. I do still have an account though.

    @privsecfoss

    • ScottA
      1·
      2 years ago

      Install some bridges. I’ve managed to remove all those third party chat apps from my devices and just use Matrix to chat to everyone whether they’re on Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, IRC, etc.

      • dwindling7373@feddit.it
        1·
        2 years ago

        Can hyou point me on some good material to learn about them? I’ve been reading about those for years but never crossed a guide…

        • ScottA
          2·
          2 years ago

          Take a look at this page for someone explaining how they moved from using Discord directly to using it via Matrix.

          • dwindling7373@feddit.it
            1·
            2 years ago

            Thanks, it’s very useful, sadly it looks a bit like the stuff of nightmare prone to breaking at the worst possible moment…

            • ScottA
              2·
              1 year ago

              It’s been rock solid for over three years for me.