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Why no mentioning of XMPP (other then Jitsi, which sort of is XMPP)? It is at least as good if not better then Matrix.
the decentralized nature of XMPP is a huge plus for me.
I guess Matrix also has that, in theory, but from what I have seen the matrix.org homeserver still effectively functions as a central point to track metadata.
I guess the issue with XMPP is that people can send unencrypted messages to you, perhaps with deanonymizing information?
Mainly preference, I don't prefer it because it isn't encrypted by default.
I could add a section on XMPP I spose.
Neither is Matrix if you use some 3rd party clients. With the most popular XMPP clients e2ee is enabled by default.