'Matrix' Network Hits 60 Million Users, Improving the Demand for Decentralized Communication
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Matrix is an open-source standard for decentralized communication. It is constantly evolving to the requirements of modern solutions keeping in mind the privacy of users. You will find Matrix clients as a replacement for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and several other popular communication platforms. And, to re-affirm the adoption of decentralized

Not sure why Signal gets all the attention when Matrix is much more successful at spreading open source messaging and is also decentralized.

  • sexy_peach@feddit.de
    31·
    2 years ago

    The client is open source, you can look at exactly what it does on your device.

    That doesn’t answer my question though. I asked about their servers, not your client.

    • thervingi@lemmy.mlOP
      12·
      2 years ago

      We don’t know since we don’t have access to their servers.

      I’m not saying Telegram is the best chat service. I prefer Matrix over Telegram. But Telegram is objectively better than WhatsApp and is doing a good job of getting people off Facebook (around 700 million users last I checked).