Oh boi đ
After having used [Matrix]
for a bit over a day or so now (after having some initial troubles with âFederatingâ) I have some really strong reservations on Matrix, Bridges and that whole ecosystem and itâs architecture đ Iâm really not certain I can live with some of the âdecisionsâ, âarchitecturesâ âcultureâ and over-engineering nature that is [Matrix]
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#x6zqkha
(#x6zqkha) @prologic@twtxt.net but if you used those external services directly without bridging, youâd still have to trust all those things, right? Take, say, FB Messenger. Whether I âbridgeâ it to Matrix or use Messenger directly, I have to âtrustâ Facebook (ha ha, as if! đ) Same for Signal, WhatsApp, IRC, or anything else you bridge to.
That said, I donât really use bridging much; for the services I tried it for it was too much hassle making the bridge work for it to be worthwhile.
#2dec23a
(#x6zqkha) @prologic@twtxt.net Hmm but if youâre self-hosting the bridges (the only option I think since they generally have to run on the same machine as the Matrix server) that man in the middle is yourself đ
Of course you do have to trust the code, but itâs all open source.
#4xkpztq
@prologic@twtxt.net so far as I can see both your and my most recent replies to #x6zqkha just disappeared - a bug?
#vbpdcvq