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this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2025
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So easy to host your own instance idk why anyone uses matrix.org
no it is not easy, but there are many open instances so there's that
Yes it is
https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
I'm a software engineer, and am pretty privvy to self-hosting in docker, and hosting a matrix server + element has easily been the hardest service I've ever deployed. Most of my experience is in personal cloud/media streaming, so maybe I'm just doing the easy ones, but the matrix docker deployment is really unrefined compared to other services
How so?
then ask a friend or a random person on the street about it. "easy for me" does not mean it is easy for the average person. the average person is lost in the settings of their phone, and they rarely turn on the desktop anymore, if they have one