It would be more accurate to state that *all services are doomed to fail for short periods of forever* which ultimately means nothing. Everything will fail at some point, even your chosen decentralized service.
I do agree that decentralized is the way forward, but there's no way I'd ever ask my grandma to install Matrix.
Matrix is a Discord/IRC replacement - a significantly better alternative! But let's not delude ourselves into thinking it's going to replace text/SMS, which is the primary use case for WhatsApp/Signal.
I can send my grandma a link to Signal, and she would be able to get it working, and I'm already in her contacts! There's no way I'd attempt the same with Matrix/Riot/Element/Fluffy chat.
Are you guys still experiencing trouble? I have had zero issues since this morning (central European time). There might be some delays that are longer than usual, but never longer than say 4-5 seconds.
Anyone have good experience with their desktop client? I downloaded it and linked it, but it is refusing to import my contact list. Seems very janky overall (crashed twice in 10 mins).
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If you believe control of the world's communications should be open and distributed, I suggest supporting Matrix instead.
I do agree that decentralized is the way forward, but there's no way I'd ever ask my grandma to install Matrix.
Matrix is a Discord/IRC replacement - a significantly better alternative! But let's not delude ourselves into thinking it's going to replace text/SMS, which is the primary use case for WhatsApp/Signal.
I can send my grandma a link to Signal, and she would be able to get it working, and I'm already in her contacts! There's no way I'd attempt the same with Matrix/Riot/Element/Fluffy chat.