Comment on `continuwuity` vs `tuwunel`: where to go from `conduwuit`?
arisunz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Gotta be honest, I got fed up and just… shut down my server when conduwuit died. I might come back to matrix if the ecosystem becomes less of a joke, but I’m really not holding my breath about it. Community drama is the worst.
smiletolerantly@awful.systems 1 day ago
Understandable. Funny thing is, I’m not even federated; I think that keeps me away from a lot of drama.
But yeah. The drama sucks, and so does the Matrix Foundation. So many dumb decisions, so many years old issues that could easily boost acceptance and usability, but… Nah. No better alternatives around though if you want to own your data, have proper multi-client support, and at least the option to federate.
Mora@pawb.social 19 hours ago
What about XMPP? What can Matrix do, that XMPP cant?
smiletolerantly@awful.systems 19 hours ago
Hm, fair enough, I actually have very little experience with XMPP. (Only through prosody, which I personally am on a war footing with.) From a cursory glance, I also couldn’t find an Android lient I’d really want to use, but of course that is subjective.
In any case: I have a matrix server up and running, and it has been a pain to get friends and family on there; I do not want to do all of that again with a new protocol/clients. As long as it’s sustainable, I want to stay with the same server installation, and that means choosing a
conduwuitfor me.Mora@pawb.social 14 hours ago
Understandable, trying to move friends and family between platforms is an herculean effort.
For everyone else interested in XMPP, you might want to check out: