Element1d ago

💚 Belgium has launched Beam, its nationwide Matrix-based communications platform!

🪧 Digitally sovereign communications need to be adopted sustainably to ensure the success of digital commons.

https://element.io/blog/governments-need-to-adopt-matrix-responsibly/

Governments need to adopt Matrix responsibly

It’s great to see another European government, this time Belgium, using the Matrix open standard as the foundation for digitally sovereign communications. Matrix enables digital sovereignty through decentralisation, self-hosting and interoperability. As a result, it gives governments full control over their data and operations.  By choosing Matrix, Belgium ensures

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Show threadYonggan1d ago
@element I think as long it isnt easily possible to move my account to another matrix server, matrix also has vendor lockin
Show threadElement1d ago

Hi @Yonggan

Matrix is an open standard. It’s not a vendor, and has no vendor lock-in.

If you self-host (as govts do), then it’s simple to move your server to different underlying infrastructure.

If you’re using a hosted service: Any decent paid hosting service should let you take your data with you, so there’s rarely a lock-in from paid hosting services.

Show threadElement1d ago

@Yonggan

The concept of moving an account from one homeserver to another (‘account portability’) falls squarely in the vision of Matrix.

Lack of funding means it hasn't been completed yet.

This is precisely the type of stuff that gets made if govts support upstream vendors by buying the commercial product and support the overall project.

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@Yonggan

Of course it’s worth mentioning as well that you can use any client to access your account on most servers, today.

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