idk... i dont like xmpp that much either... but more because it sucks using it as someone who uses alot of machines... sometimes all of them at once... and expecting to have convos synched between devices... maybe there is a way to have your cake and eat it but i havent found the be all end all of messaging
otoh i dont have many conversations... perhaps i should just suck it up, get a better server to run matrix on...
but otoh again i believe just a little messaging should be absolutely doable on a midtier server and i lean heavily on the notion that perhaps synapses' design is just very silly and not using +20GB of storage for a db that only occasionally gets written to (like literally "one conversation with one partner") shouldnt be too much of an ask...
perhaps it would be sufficient to use https... and something running on that one server but that can be circumvented (mitm-ed, like some firewalls do) so easily.... *sigh*
i mean.. realistically idc if my employer can mitm my chat with my partner... but... like.... come on, nobody should have to accept even their employer, let alone government into their chat history...
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idk. i guess i'll stay on my temporary turd of "just use discord until something improves" for a while longer..
@kkarhan@infosec.space@janet_catcus #XMPP+#PGP may be a good option if you don't want to deal with half a dozen #OMEMO keys...