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Here’s Matrix CEOs answer to this article: https://lobste.rs/c/jekh0n – according to him the article is absurd amounts of FUD

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    17 hours ago

    It is a bit counter-intuitive but restricting new signups will not help them much. The way the matrix protocol is designed, i.e. replicating everything on every server, means that clients connecting to their server have only a minor impact. As long as most rooms of the entire matrix network are replicated on the matrix.org homeserver their costs will stay high and there isn’t really much they can do about that other than shutting it down entirely.

    • 2910000@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      16 hours ago

      As long as most rooms of the entire matrix network are replicated on the matrix.org homeserver

      Is this a dealbreaker for people though?

      • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        14 hours ago

        There is not much they can do about it short of shutting down the entire server. Due to how matrix functions internally any sufficiently large federated homeserver replicates most of the entire network.