But that's not as good for PR as "bigger, faster, better" even if that comes with the problems you mentioned.

Long story short: workable solutions exist, it is entirely a question of political will and lack thereof.

Just see how hard it is to read more than a few paragraphs when tired before bed vs. how hard it is to watch something in the same state.

I think this gets added to the point you are making about reading skills declining.

The likelihood of a non-profit outfit building open source software being driven by a warped sense of justice and the goal of making people miserable rather than, say, trying to make sure they can continue their stated mission and ensure publishers keep agreeing to digital book lending is pretty bold. But sure, why not.

Have you ever heard of Direct Hit!? I think they squarely fit in the mid-level or below.

Granted it can be clunky at times, but the properties are there and decentralised end to end encrypted messaging is quite and incredible thing. (Yes, Matrix nerds, it's not messaging per se it's really state replication, I know :))

Yeah, it's a bit of a joke.

See also this conversation, where Mobime request respect and to "acknowledge the efforts being made to resolve the situation" while blurting out things like "We could have easily suspended the entire repository, but we have chosen to keep it open to reassure you that we are taking all necessary steps to resolve this". Classy.

https://github.com/raivo-otp/ios-application/discussions/369

Align on a protocol, experiment and compete with clients is a good way to make progress.

The Matrix name has never budged since the beginning of the project. One of the Matrix servers is called Synapse. Others include Conduit or Dendrite (see https://matrix.org/ecosystem/servers/).

So yes, Matrix is the protocol, not the/a server.

My understanding is that it should be seen more as the starrtng point of a reflexion about the police (what should we therefore do?) rather than a conclusion.