I have been warning about Mattermost for years now. They were never open source, but instead open core and that deliberate choice is clearly showcased here.
Mattermost restricted access to old messages after 10000 limit is reached
Submitted 4 days ago by King@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.zip
https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/issues/34271
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BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
artyom@piefed.social 4 days ago
Yeah they’ve been slowly stripping away features from the “free” version for years.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
After reading the issue chain, this is basically a legal ransomware. Messages on self-hosted instances are held hostage without any prior warning.