Comment on Matrix let-down
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months agoThe site isn’t hosting the file.
Weird, so where is it uploading the file to?
Not that it matters, because none of that is the problem. Hosting my own media on my own server is much more convenient than p2p transfers and equally secure. The problem is the “extra steps” require to transfer files this way.
Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s simply acting as a connector. And directing traffic around Nat Etc or lay people or those who don’t want to bother with setting up and securing server software or such things