[palata]

> Expecting everyone else to pay extra for a worse experience so that you can use it the way you want seems pretty entitled.

Yeah, the price is an issue indeed. I guess that's why we keep having monopolies: it's easier to get VC money if you can ensure user lock-in, and it's easier to make a nice UX if you have VC money.

Now, don't think you don't pay those proprietary messengers. You just pay differently.