Criticism of the matrix protocol: https://hackea.org/notas/matrix.html.

I will not access the posted video as it's hosted on hostile infrastructure. I request that the author share their videos in a way that honours freedom. Continuing to use the current provider is to enforce the existing monopoly on video distribution and is counter productive to libre software. I will list some viable alternatives: Mediagoblin: https://mediagoblin.org/; Peertube: https://joinpeertube.org/; or via BitTorrent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent.

I will not use the matrix protocol due to its origin with Israel's intelligence community. Its design is nonsensical in the contexts of liberty, privacy and cryptography. However the design is strikingly coherent if the goal was to design an encrypted communication protocol that was 'decentralised', but still auditable by external agents. This design is why government agencies would consider its adoption, but knowing its origins I can not endorse it.

ugh matrix sucks and I wish it wasn't the preferred form of communication for everyone on fedi.

once fluxxer gets federation I'm gonna be done with matrix forever.

Speaking from experience, matrix is still kinda rough around the edges if you have a 100+ person group with non-technical users.

More broadly, pretty much all of the secure messengers currently have an ~O(N^2) problem with state sync in groups. The only one that isn't deeply frustrating is Signal and that's largely because it has very few features and can't be self hosted.

Appreciate the discussion. I really wish they'd prioritize UX.

Video is a year old, but still relevant I think.

Here's this years discussion: https://youtu.be/cQjUjM_OAcw