It is battle tested, standardized, widely used, have open source servers and apps, end-to-end encryption (OMEMO), self-hostable and are low on ressources and federated / decentralized.
I use it with family and friends. Conversations and blabber.im on android and Gajim on Linux. There’s also apps for windows and Apple.
Curious if anyone here use it and why, why not?
EDIT: Doh. In these Lemmy times I forgot federated. Added.
Can hyou point me on some good material to learn about them? I’ve been reading about those for years but never crossed a guide…
Take a look at this page for someone explaining how they moved from using Discord directly to using it via Matrix.
Thanks, it’s very useful, sadly it looks a bit like the stuff of nightmare prone to breaking at the worst possible moment…
It’s been rock solid for over three years for me.