I've seen many threads suggesting products but they often don't mention FOSS projects, which should always be preferred to corporate software. With FOSS you are already boycotting capitalism, on either side. Free and Open Source ignores borders and shouldn't be categorized in nationalist terms, no matter where some of the maintainers happen to live.

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[–] tkr@jlai.lu 2 points 4 hours ago

tons of reasons against element :

-huge/heavy interface on both web/software client

-2 passwords, 1 for session, 1 for encryption keys

-takes huge storage on server

-it's the whatsapp of OSS

here it is :

https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/matrix-vs-xmpp/

https://www.freie-messenger.de/en/matrix/gedanken/

https://gultsch.social/@daniel/113849961515845876