Matrix needs more time in the oven before it’s ready for widespread adoption.

I really did try to make it work (for months) but it’s a buggy and unpolished experience, everyone that tried it with me ended up going back to Discord and Signal for communication.

The vast majority of digital purchases are licenses, this isn’t something new or unique to Steam. Digital purchases where you actually own the product are more the exception than the rule.

I tried my hand at running a Matrix server with a couple of friends. Less than successful. Constant bugs and minor irritations that most people (and myself, eventually) don’t want to deal with.

From notification problems, to decryption problems, to audio calls not working if the app isn’t open on the screen for the entire call…

I really like the idea of Matrix, but it needs another few years in the oven before it’s even remotely acceptable to recommend to friends or family. Most people have a hard enough time switching to something like Signal because battery optimization kills notifications, let alone something as convoluted as Matrix/Element.

Man I wish it was a nothing story. A friend of mine had MAID suggested to her after she spent only a couple days in the hospital for having a suicidal episode (mental health, long story but she’s doing much better now… so why the fuck was it brought up after only two days there?!). Guess that’s the result of my province’s healthcare being gutted like a fish. Thanks conservative government!

MAID is important, don’t get me wrong. People can keep their fucking gods out of healthcare in general. But saying that mistakes aren’t being made with it is ignoring a problem.

Sounds like Calgary to me. They locked all the train shelters one year so that the homeless couldn’t use them… or anyone else… in -40C…

Better testing, and people are getting their kids tested more instead of beating the fuck out of them until they “behave” might have something to do with it.

By the balls of my ancestors, life really is gonna go down the shitter soon ain’t it?

Element X is still missing a lot of features, “ready” is an exaggeration I feel

No Spaces support in particular is a dealbreaker for me

Needs more JPEG.

You know, maybe casually advocating for the torture and/or deaths of millions of people might be the sign that you need to go touch some grass.

Like, seriously… do you even register what you sound like?

For now.

The US Supreme Court thinks shame is some kind of food.

Well aren’t you just a barrel of laughs