Interoperability emerged as one of the big technology trends of 2022, shining a light on open, decentralized protocols such as Matrix.

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(just because I sometimes miss them when the post has a text body)

So, I kept seeing the option to list a “Matrix” username in my lemmy profile across various instances, but I had no idea what Matrix actually was. This is from last December so it’s not hot off the press, but it was a good read and I wanted to share it in hopes it might help add some context for anyone else like me wondering what it’s all about!

  • vtez44@kbin.social
    5·
    1 year ago

    Enough people are used to the proprietary apps, so it doesn’t matter for them. 0,01% of users flowing to other protocols for just part of their conversations isn’t going to hurt them.