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Also, with centralization came a loss of diversity. It was easier to find video content in my native language (French) on eMule than it is on youtube.

And yes, I feel nowadays I devote a CPU core and a few GB of RAM to just text messaging. I hope that Matrix and its bridges can end that at one point.

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The flagship Matrix client, Element, is just as bad as any other Electron app. :( The alternatives (Nheko and such) don't tend to support the full feature set.

Yep, but despite this Matrix is superior in several key aspects: - One client, even like Element, allows you to access several networks. I think that having just Element instead of Slack+Telegram+Signal is already a CPU saver - lightweight and CLI clients exist, and do so LEGALLY with the full support of the protocol maintainers.

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