Soulfire Jarexi Backblaze ΘΔ on Nostr: npub1xtgue…vxfsf npub1a3mjd…c2fex Honestly, I think you're mildly missing the ...
npub1xtguejmenk9qwd4n2yvpuax2tq4f6rr2jejazgfd2zaffvyu9j4slvxfsf (npub1xtg…xfsf) npub1a3mjdhfujrqjqp82lmes76h0c4vt3yapyccnudex5ys9lrls9fnqkc2fex (npub1a3m…2fex) Honestly, I think you're mildly missing the point of the post. We aren't talking about services in Matrix we're talking about it's clients.
From what I've seen, none of the clients for the services you mentioned are particularly things I would use, or suggest others to use with me. Either given most of the clients are built on cross platform frameworks or react native.
In order for open source messaging to take off. There needs to be decent, modern clients available for every system that is not only simple to use, but takes advantage of the unique features they offer (Written in UIKit/SwiftUI/Jetpack Compose, possibly taking advantage of things like Siri, conversation API's, etc.), and also give people a reason to actually use them in the first place.
It's not enough just to make something that meets a bare minimum in security and privacy and self hosting. The masses don't care about that stuff and they never will until it actually impacts them like it did with Twitter. Because people's modern attention spans are limited, and first impressions do count.
The problem is that actually making such a client is difficult because of the fact most open source development is typically a hobby, and monetizing it in a way that let's a developer reasonably continue working on it while also providing for themselves and/or their families. Patreons and stuff are already good ideas, but many people in the foss community already aren't really keen on the idea of paying for an app unless they absolutely have to.
From what I've seen, none of the clients for the services you mentioned are particularly things I would use, or suggest others to use with me. Either given most of the clients are built on cross platform frameworks or react native.
In order for open source messaging to take off. There needs to be decent, modern clients available for every system that is not only simple to use, but takes advantage of the unique features they offer (Written in UIKit/SwiftUI/Jetpack Compose, possibly taking advantage of things like Siri, conversation API's, etc.), and also give people a reason to actually use them in the first place.
It's not enough just to make something that meets a bare minimum in security and privacy and self hosting. The masses don't care about that stuff and they never will until it actually impacts them like it did with Twitter. Because people's modern attention spans are limited, and first impressions do count.
The problem is that actually making such a client is difficult because of the fact most open source development is typically a hobby, and monetizing it in a way that let's a developer reasonably continue working on it while also providing for themselves and/or their families. Patreons and stuff are already good ideas, but many people in the foss community already aren't really keen on the idea of paying for an app unless they absolutely have to.