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by joshsimmons 934 days ago
I suspect many people _did_ find other ways to connect (indeed I fired my IRC Cloud subscription back up...), but that's not what ultimately brought us* to this decision. Really it came down to not having the funds or staff time to maintain and operate it to the level that was needed.

Echoing you, I am likewise really grateful for all the people who worked on it while it was doable!

* Speaking on behalf of the Matrix.org Foundation here as its Managing Director.