[MattJ100]

> Can we agree that >90% of non-technical XMPP users likely don't run their own XMPP server?

Yes. The majority of people cannot, and will not ever, run their own server. However my ideal is that the remaining "10%" of people who can, do so. Just as I do for my non-technical family members. I believe that there should be a trust relationship between service operators and their users, whatever form that takes. I work daily to try and make self-hosting XMPP easy and accessible to more people, so we can increase this "10%" fraction.

For a similar perspective see: https://staltz.com/some-people-want-to-run-their-own-servers...

Of course using public XMPP services anonymously (burner accounts, randomly-generated username, connect via Tor/VPN, etc.) is a thing that many people also do, but I think that's a minority use-case (that should still be supported). Tools such as Briar also cover many such use-cases adequately or better.