I’m thinking of moving away from US-based messengers.
Signal, telegram etc have the same problematic architectures. Of those kinds of solutions, I like Threema best, but nobody uses them (which is only a problem because of their architecture).
So I wanted to get a solution with a decentralized architecture, pretty much like the fediverse.
From what I can see, the fediverse activityPub with MLS layer project (to enable fediverse end-to-end encrypted messaging) is still in the functional documentation stage.
So, what do you think of Element as a messenger (which uses matrix protocol)?
Deltachat is better for family/friends chats: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/763572/looking-for-a-federated-alternative-to-signal-as-they-might-have-to-comply-with-chatcontro
For IRC replacement, Matrix indeed
Why is delta (using email protocol) better than element (using matrix protocol for messaging)? I’m a bit surprised
Matrix’s biggest issues are
The post I linked has more details about both of those points.
Also, in countries with heavy internet censorship, email mostly just works. I’ve heard DeltaChat works in China.
You see Russian people on the DeltaChat forum as well