Weird how it can be so divisive. I can understand people tolerating the horror because everyone else is there, but thinking it's usable is beyond my capability to understand.
Matrix/element might not be superb either, but at least there is the clear potential of alternative clients.
> but thinking it's usable is beyond my capability to understand.
This is part of why UX is so often trash in FOSS projects: a lot of FOSS enthusiasts cannot even perceive the usability issues that exist in them. They're on a completely different wavelength compared to the average user. They are, in other words, UX-blind.
Since they fight against it so much, I guess they're doing their data mining in the client.
And there's definitely technical issues with supporting other clients. Can make it hard to change things without breaking those other clients.
If I care about the conversation, I like to read it fully to understand whats going on, those extra bits are just distractions to me.