Everyone has different UI feature desires so ill put that aside for this comment; flexibility is my key reason for Signal losing favor. What the Matrix solutio

Everyone has different UI feature desires so ill put that aside for this comment; flexibility is my key reason for Signal losing favor. What the Matrix solution gives me: - chat from multiple devices with history upon login (I read they're working on downloadable exports/backups) from any client; - zero knowledge webapp logins (e.g. the work laptop on VPN, app.element.io in a Chrome tab) just use your Security Key like MFA; - trivial and easy bridging with other endpoints (IRC, XMPP, etc.) it's not perfect but it works and I use this daily chatting with friends on other networks; - choice of many clients whether actual apps or web interfaces (yes, it's early days and rough around the edges but the capability is there and happening) unlike Signal; - distributed (federation) server designs baked in to avoid single company server lock in (Signal is opposed to this, goes hand in hand with using only their clients); - less trouble and better client experiences about around the above than XMPP ecosystem. I just get annoyed using the XMPP versions of my bullet points above (and I've really tried, honest) Is Matrix/Element perfect? no, lots of rough edges being worked on especially with the e2ee keys (my opinion). But I see healthy work, continual improvement and a good future ahead.