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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wish the homeserver portability would be worked on more. The ability to change homeserver would really allow people to more easily move on from matrix.org.

Myself included ;).

Optimally it would even allow the switch "after the fact", so after your original homeserver is down, assuming your client has a local copy of the server-side secret storage. It would need to be based on some cryptographic identity then, I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Yes, this would be a great feature - but it's a big issue to implement. It's talked about in this video, worth watching if you're curious about it.

As far as status go, this issue on the matrix spec is what you want to follow.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago

so ... Matrix Nitro?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Matrix became the new Discord

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (4 children)

We have been communicating on the lack of funds in the Foundation for a while now, the latest being here. And whilst we’ve been working hard to gather new members and are happy to see the number of logos increasing (thank you all for seeing the need for Matrix to stay independent and safe, and the value in supporting it!), none of the big players in the ecosystem have actually committed to one of the higher membership tiers, so we need to find other ways towards sustainability.

🤔

Sounds like that business plan isn't working out like you hoped...

And/Or not enough users care to use your product.

🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

The plan was to rely on donations, which doesn't usually work for hosted products.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

$170k/year for 1 person is no joke.

This is just a grift to take advantage of morons.

Don't be one of them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A two bedroom, one bathroom house built in the 80s in San Francisco cost $1.1 million a couple years back. I don't suppose cost of living in most big cities went down.

For comparison, Mitchell Baker, the former CEO of Mozilla, saw her yearly pay rise from $2.4 million in 2018 to 6.9 million in 2022. I think it's perfectly adequate for the CEO of matrix to earn the salary of a moderately successful software engineer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's funny, because nothing about his job requires him to be there.

Unlike, you know, people outside of tech.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have no clue where in the world he resides. I'm just trying and failing to clue you in on how the world works.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No, you're trying to defend the profit's of others without realizing how they're taking advantage of your naivete.

Honestly, trying to explain things to useful idiots really is a fool's errand. The best I can do is make it clear as day for anyone with a brain how much of a sucker the average internet user is now.

Goodbye. I'm going to ignore you. I'm tired of arguing with tools.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

How could I ever cope without your words of wisdom.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For just $19.95 a month you can talk to all your friends!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can do that for free. But for that low, low price, you can talk to your friends with a Matrix Green checkmark next your name! #worthit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

A green check!!!! Wow! Sign me up baby!

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