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while i'm really happy that people want matrix to succeed, this is a thread full of bad ideas.

> element is too hard

no it isn't, my mother could use it without much introduction. stop making good tools dumber because you want lazy people to use them. if someone can't be bothered with 15 minutes of clicking around in an interface, they can stay at whatsapp, thanks. i'm done with giving up my sanity for the sake of people who act if everything has to come free to them.

> homeserver hosting is too hard

if installing an additional debian package and replacing some values in a default config is "too hard", it's better that you don't touch any server anyway. it just would end up in the next botnet. there is a reason why people are trained for system administration (or put in decades of self-teaching). stop devaluing the jobs and knowledge of those people by trying to build shitty "easy" solutions. there are no easy solutions for complicated problems.

> GROWTH HACKING!111

just stop.

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@bonifartius @matrix I've gotten my whole family onboard with a custom home server no issues. They regularly install browser add on viruses... They don't get computers. But they figured out element just fine. More FUD to push people to the centralized spying services of telegram and Signal
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