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Element gives you infinite desktop searchable chat history for e2ee chats

it would be great if you could choose an IM platform for its features, unfortunately you have to stick with what your contacts use

Matrix does have great bridging support so it is maybe the way out. With 2 bridges I've reduced myself to 2 chat apps (Matrix + the occasional SMS) which I am very happy with.

It obviously isn't the final solution, but gives me a consistent interface across networks while I slowly grow my Matrix-native network.

Did you experience any quirks or problems using the bridges for WhatsApp? Are you running a matrix bridge instance on a personal cloud instance?

I'm not using a WhatsApp bridge so I can't comment on that bridge specifically. Few of my contacts are on that so I was able to drop it.

I am self-hosting a Facebook bridge and Hangouts/Google Chat bridge amd using a hosted Telegram bridge.

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