[BrenBarn]

It's kind of wild to me that they haven't prioritized this more. This issue has been open for almost exactly 6 years: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/565 . This one even longer: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/836 . The Matrix permission system still doesn't even have a way to say "sending images is not allowed" (either per room or per user).

[tcfhgj]

maybe because of limited budget and more urgent issues? who knows

[chrisjj]

And what could be more urgent than this?

[Arathorn]

building a more flexible solution for blocking content, rather than hardcoded rules like "no images": https://matrix.org/blog/2025/04/introducing-policy-servers/

[Teever]

Is there something fundamental to the matrix architecture and permissions system that makes it impossible or difficult to allow room/server operators the ability to limit certain users from posting multimedia content?

[tcfhgj]

having a usable technical foundation, staying financially afloat