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I'm enjoying Element/matrix but we just use it for our household group chats.

I tried all of the matrix clients I could find and agree that Element is the best one so far in terms of functionality on par with Discord, plus it is one of the few that has fully functioning desktop, mobile, and web apps.

My only gripe is that they don't allow enough user customization yet. I want to change my user color and I don't know why the colors it chooses for you bother me so much. It's a very petty complaint.

That and the gif support is kinda meh. I assume it will get better over time.

There is not a single drop in alternative currently unfortunately. I hope Revolt picks up some steam and figures out screen sharing, but more importantly, federation between self hosted instances, which is not even on their roadmap currently.

I hope to convince my group to use something like mumble + steam groups or something like that eventually especially now that Discord has ads, but for general use (such as public community servers) I think we are all doomed for many years to come.

I can only think of Element/Matrix because Revolt doesn't have screen-sharing, which is a huge factor in my group's get-togethers.