Should I use Matrix for Messaging?

Zerlyna@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 66 points –

I use an iPhone and my fiancé uses Android. He is not very tech savvy. He does not like to text for privacy reasons. I was going to recommend we get Signal but see others in Lemmy talking about Matrix. Is that better? If so, what app is best that works on both our phones? Thanks Lemmy friends!

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If you want to turn a normie off secure messaging for life, give him matrix. The UX is completely horrid.

Sorry to disagree, but I've been moving chunks of people to my matrix/element instance with great success. What have you experienced that is horrid from the UX perspective?

The keying is not very transparent and it’s really easy to lock yourself out of your own older messages.

Interesting... I guess I see what you mean. Using public instances that are 'centralized' does reduce this kind of issues, even though they're not perfect.

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