Creator of Ruma (Matrix apps/libs built in Rust) here. If you're not already familiar with Matrix, this article won't help much in convincing you to support it. I'd recommend reading our Introduction to Matrix[0] and Why Matrix Matters[1]. Keep in mind they are written for a largely non-technical audience and are intended to explain what Matrix is conceptually without a lot of implementation detail.

I generally don't think Patreon is a good way to fund software development, but I will be contributing anyway because the work the Matrix team is doing is critical. Open, secure communication on the Internet is one of the most important and relevant issues today.

The Matrix team has been great to work with in developing Ruma. As Matthew mentions in the post, our development has been slowed somewhat by lack of updates to the Matrix spec, but they've had the Ruma team's full support in prioritizing end-to-end encryption in Riot, as it's simply a more urgent priority than enabling independent implementations of the spec. It's been clear to us that the only thing preventing improvements to the spec is the lack of bandwidth on the Matrix team, and in that sense, today's news is actually good news, because now we have a chance to help increase their bandwidth beyond what their parent company could provide.

[0] https://www.ruma.io/docs/matrix/ [1] https://www.ruma.io/docs/matrix/why/