Matrix is cooked
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Today I learned that VC funded companies are not allowed to invest in open source projects. Matrix would be nowhere near its current state if it wasn’t thanks to Element. It’s not the best, but it’s far from “cooked”.
Replace "VC funded companies" with "enshittifiers" for a better view at how many people may read your comment
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This seems a bit of an odd take. Matrix.org making their server freemium is up to them - charging some users to use the service (not the software) is a way of keeping the lights on. Better that than ads or selling user data. Lots of privacy focused orgs do the same - Proton, Tuta, Mailbox, Mullvad, IVPN. If people also have an issue with Element - don't use Element, use one of the other apps.
If people are this upset, its not impossible (or even that hard) to migrate to a different server - or host your own.
Yeah they have the rights to do it, doesn't mean it's a good thing to do, doesn't mean it won't negatively impact the future of the project.
Redis had the rights to change the license of redis, look at where that led them.
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Yeah they have the rights to do it, doesn't mean it's a good thing to do, doesn't mean it won't negatively impact the future of the project.
Redis had the rights to change the license of redis, look at where that led them.
If the best argument in favor of something is "you have the right to do it," the thing usually isn't very good
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Eh, as long as they don't fuck with the protocol I don't really care. NGL. The community can always maintain a list of instances to defederate from. That can also include matrix.org
fucking with the protocol is what they do the most
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fucking with the protocol is what they do the most
Can you elaborate how? I'm curious
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So if FBI has an internal Lemmy instance we should start boycotting Lemmy?
As far as I know Lemmy didn’t profit off of making their instance, nor do they have contracts with law enforcement to implement it for them. The same cannot be said for Matrix Foundation.
