Among other features it can be a good discord alternative
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ericisshort@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I am unfamiliar with Matrix and just read their website, but I’m still kind of confused as to the importance of a new subversion to this community. This may be a stupid question, but does matrix provide infrastructure for the fediverse?
AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
limitedduck@awful.systems 10 months ago
Notably missing from the comparison list is any mention of video or screen sharing, or anything to do specifically with games. These are Discord’s unique strengths at the moment and they have been for a long time. With that in mind, Matrix is a “good alternative” to Discord in the sense that most other desktop VoIP or chat apps are since Discord users aren’t using it for the privacy and openness aspects and want the Discord specific features and ease of use.
Don’t get me wrong, I wish I could fully replace Discord with the Matrix instance I currently self-host, but there are things Discord just does better than every other app including having a bunch of features that range from meh to pretty good all in one package.
Ebsku@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Matrix has screensharing
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Matrix aims to be a protocol for mostly real-time things like chat and voice/video calls.
It has a data structure called rooms (think: chat rooms) that are spread out across multiple servers and the servers synchronize the content between each other. While ActivityPub (what most of Fediverse uses) is much simpler and just list posts adding API for interactions. Matrix aim to be a fabric to build decentralized alternatives of Discord, Zoom, WhatsApp, Google Classroom, Jamboard, etc.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 10 months ago
It’s more like a self-hosted and encrypted Google Chat alternative.
stown@sedd.it 10 months ago
I wish it was as reliable as Google chat…
helenslunch@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Yeah I have to agree. There are much better, more private, and more reliable solutions.
gencha@feddit.de 10 months ago
I’m waiting on those reactions :D
kpw@kbin.social 10 months ago
No it doesn't. It's basically a bloated and more advertised version of XMPP by a venture capital funded startup. Sadly, it doesn't build on existing internet standards like XMPP at all, so there's no real compatibility.
nakal@kbin.social 10 months ago
XMPP needs a connected network socket which is pretty bad in a time of mobile services. The 90s are over.
kpw@kbin.social 10 months ago
Clients can tell the server to only send important traffic before going to sleep so it doesn't use any radio now. Fast reconnects are also possible now, so we can wake up only when a push notification arrives. The only thing stuck in the 90s is your knowledge about XMPP.
nakal@kbin.social 10 months ago
I know enough about XMPP or earlier called Jabber to not to run it anymore, after years of self-hosting Prosody.