I’ve started using Matrix instead of Discord (not that I really ever used Discord).
Comment on Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives
majestic@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Why everybody is talking about signal? Isnt a matrix also a good alternative? It requires no phone number + has almost the same feature set. For chatting with family and friend it scales enough good. It is fully open source.
governorkeagan@lemdro.id 6 months ago
RandomVideos@programming.dev 6 months ago
Why are so many people comparing discord with matrix instead of revolt
governorkeagan@lemdro.id 6 months ago
In my case, I’ve seen a lot of Discord groups linked with Matrix. As well as it being mentioned a whole bunch online
lseif@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
personally, signal is a lot easier to set up for a family member who doesnt care about privacy. its just a sms replacement basically, just need a phone number (which is also a downside, of course)
majestic@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
In Matrix all u need is username, email and password and ur ready to go. Homeserver is configured automatically to matrix.org (which is a problem, but nvm)
The downside of matrix is complexity of choosing a client though. And in general understanding a concept of matrix is not easy for regilar person.
For example u can say: “Im on Signal”, but u cant say: “im on FluffyChat”, or Element whatever, it sounds wrong, cuz these are only the clients and everything is working on matrix. But the regular person needs an object: telegram, signal, whatsapp - these all are just single entities. On the other hand u have matrix with clients, homeservers, spaces and all of this complexity, and that is not easy to understand.
Yeah, i hope in future this problem will be resolved.