Hey I smiled really well for this one.

How is Matrix dysfunctional?

Setting up Matrix/Synapse was extremely easy and done in a day. The self hosting part is not that hard and I would say migrating users would be the majority of your time. Plenty of VPSs online make obtaining infrastructure very easy.

Are you self hosting? I just set up an instance today and it was extremely easy following the instructions for the ESS Community edition on github.

Borg Base offers EU based server locations. They have been awesome to work with.

No way will we shut down as long Chuck Schumer is here to save the day to bail them out. Fully funded but with a strongly worded email.

Need to remember where they are getting paid from as well. That’s oil money lining their pockets.

Not sure if you also do aliases as well but I’ve seen an increase in websites flagging providers like addy.io as well. Extremely annoying that so many websites think they are so important that they refuse an alias.