[gorgonzolachz]

Anecdotally, it took me about an afternoon. I realize that I'm more technical than the average person, so setting up the certs and installing the python deps was a breeze because I've done it before; the documentation for the synapse homeserver was also quite good.

I see where you're coming from, but is this offering geared towards people like that? Looks like there's a significant push to get people who've had their own servers running to adopt this new service, and Element as a whole is geared towards the techy DIY crowd. I know there have been concerns raised in other threads about its UX problems, and from personal experience most of my friends don't share the same concerns that I do about data security or bootstrapped personal infrastructure.

[imwillofficial]

And if $5 a month is worth the hassle of self hosting, I'm glad you have a way to save it. My time is my most valuable resource, if I can get the benefits of self hosting, and not have to do the work, I'll spend that $5 any day.

[daenney]

> Looks like there's a significant push to get people who've had their own servers running to adopt this new service

How do you mean? I run my own, and there’s zero push to move or migrate to Element Home.

I’d imagine this only targets folks with accounts on matrix.org.