A Personal Experience: Switching from Matrix to XMPP for Calls and Chats
By
ColinWright
Crisped on the outside, thoughtful enough on the inside.
Summary
The author shares their experience of switching from Matrix to XMPP (using Snikket) for calls and chats with their wife, Sandra. While Matrix had encryption and reliability issues, XMPP worked well for messaging but lacked real-time notifications on Sandra's iPhone. The article reflects on the pros and cons of both platforms.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFor the last month, I’ve been using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and chat between me and my wife Sandra, at least.
Matrix was pretty good for messaging, although quite a few encryption-related issues, but it - or my installation of it, possibly - was unreliable for audio and video.
Moving to XMPP - using prosody - worked really well for messaging, but the lack of real-time notifications on Sandra’s iPhone was sub-optimal.
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