Cursed SiliconI posted this meme I made in my local hackerspace chat and immediately someone took it seriously
sobbing
Matilda Love@CursedSilicon omg are you saying you hate my favorite encrypted chat protocol and therefore hate me???
@matildalove Actually I got accused of liking Telegram which was arguably worse
i'm here if you need a shoulder 💜
Julis 🦊 Fox Grrrl@matildalove @CursedSilicon ouch (that be me😬 (tho usually I am not entirely serious about that))
Wolf480pl@CursedSilicon wait are you saying this isn't true? I've been avoiding trying out matrix for the last few years because people are saying it doesn't work and all they get is "unable to decrypt message"...
@wolf480pl Matrix is an *aggressively* FOSS application
Which means it has the UI/UX experience of eating broken glass
Ελλεν Εμιλία Ά.ζ.@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl Matrix is a prime example of VC-founded FOSS
JJ 
@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl it's not even FOSS!!
Dan 
@danielittlewood @CursedSilicon @wolf480pl element is. synapse, the reference (only?) server implementation (also developed by the element/matrix team) moved to an "open core" model. performance rewrites in rust (the synapse server is python) are closed-source and only available for paying customers
https://element.io/blog/scaling-to-millions-of-users-requires-synapse-pro/
Noé Lopez@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl foss can have good ux, not electron apps
@baleine @wolf480pl Exception than the rule IMO
Ivan Enderlin 🦀@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl Did you try Element X 😇?
@hywan @wolf480pl Unfortunately x:
@CursedSilicon @wolf480pl What did you dislike? What was your experience?
@hywan @wolf480pl Mobile chat apps in general are *not great* I find. Though Telegram is the one with the least friction (unfortunately)
unit b4412c "clover"@wolf480pl @CursedSilicon i tend to find that once youre settled in it works mmmmm 95+% of the time, as long as your account isnt on the matrix.org server. it definitely feels like eating broken glass from time to time but id rather have that than corporate bullshit shoved down my throat
@stringlapse @wolf480pl The hill I will forever die on is that chat programs peaked with MSN Messenger 6.2
Jonas@wolf480pl @CursedSilicon
I am kinda of a matrixnfangirl
At first that can happen and if you switch clients, but once it settled a bit not often anymore, usually easily being fixed by dropping the session. (For me atm i got more problems with whatsapp being unable to decrypt messages than matrix🙄😬🫣)
Michal 
@wolf480pl @CursedSilicon I don't know, I haven't seen "unable to decrypt" in a couple years, my whole family is unknowingly using it on a self hosted server for a year ("use this app to chat with us") and it's been smooth sailing.
Anectode with N<10.
LisPi@wolf480pl @CursedSilicon Honestly it's one of its lesser issues anyway.
[ Jer moved to his own instance ]@CursedSilicon Image description:
The sad / happy bus meme, where one passenger looks out the left side and is sad by what they see while another passenger on the right side is happy about what they see.
On the sad side, we see a screenshot of a Matrix chat app printing "unable to decrypt message" over and over again.
On the happy side, we see a still from the film The Matrix (1999) featuring Neo stopping a bunch of bullets in mid air. They cannot reach him.
Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤@CursedSilicon both are matrix, wtf is serious about it???
@efi It was in the midst of complaining about Matrix, I guess?
I dunno
@CursedSilicon how can you complain about matrix when you can't even decrypt the message?
Andrew@CursedSilicon “You get used to it after a while. I don’t even see the messages anymore, All I see is Unable to decrypt message, Unable to decrypt message, Unable to decrypt message…”
Erik Uden 🍑@cinebox @CursedSilicon why is matrix like that btw. I swear I have my backup keys and everything, but on the same device I sent a message on, sooner than later it just don't work no more.
Marlow@CursedSilicon
Even as someone that cares about things being decentralized. Even for personal use I found Matrix a pain to use. Let alone convince friends to switch.
Signal (yes it's centralized) at least is easy for people to understand how to use. I would rather use something that is at least E2EE then nothing.
Kevin Karhan 
@CursedSilicon I consider this an absolute win!
Meko #nowar@CursedSilicon this topic was not covered in your meme 
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-operation-takes-down-another-encrypted-messaging-service-used-criminals
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-operation-takes-down-another-encrypted-messaging-service-used-criminals
@yura Surprised it was that hard. Matrix has so many bugs anyway
aspen 🍃@CursedSilicon oh at first i interpreted this as like "why would i try to talk to my friends using an encrypted service at all when i could be watching the hit 1999 film The Matrix"
@anikwacas Arguably it's "why am I suffering with Matrix when I could be WATCHING The Matrix"
Rokosun