[bscphil]

> This is a feature, not a bug. Nobody actually wants to rely on a single entity (for or non-profit) for their communication. Nobody wants to be stuck in crappy Electron and mobile clients.

And nobody facing a nation state adversary wants to give their chat client their phone number. I really couldn't agree with you more on the nature of the problem and the status of the available solutions. It's really unfortunate that Matrix is as unfinished as it is. At least cross signing [1] is nearly done, which should eliminate the major issue making it unusable for anyone who's not technically competent and very dedicated.

[1] https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/9631