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Status.im Invests $5M in Riot.im

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Re: Status.im Invests $5M in Riot.im

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Post by Unklejoe »

Cool. I just set up my own Matrix server (Synapse) the other day and have been using Riot.im on my iPhone. To be honest, everything works much better than I expected.

Right now, my only complaints are that there are some notification settings that you can't change from the app, and that the user interface is a little redundant. I'm highly optimistic though.

Re: Status.im Invests $5M in Riot.im

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Post by Unklejoe »

kenning wrote: post #2

What does this product do?

Riot.im is an open source Android/iOS/web messaging app. It uses the Matrix protocol, which is also open. There is a reference Matrix server called "Synapse", which I actually just started running the other day.

With these components, you can host your own messaging platform.

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Post by MentallyRetired »

Unklejoe wrote: post #5
kenning wrote: post #2

What does this product do?

Riot.im is an open source Android/iOS/web messaging app. It uses the Matrix protocol, which is also open. There is a reference Matrix server called "Synapse", which I actually just started running the other day. With these components, you can host your own messaging platform.

Who will I message?

Re: Status.im Invests $5M in Riot.im

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Post by no_protocol »

MentallyRetired wrote: post #7
Unklejoe wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Riot.im is an open source Android/iOS/web messaging app. It uses the Matrix protocol, which is also open. There is a reference Matrix server called "Synapse", which I actually just started running the other day. With these components, you can host your own messaging platform.

Who will I message?

I'm connected to Discord, Slack, and irc chats from Matrix/riot.im. It's working great for me after about a year of use.

I also invited some friends to join my Matrix server directly, but there wasn't much pickup yet. But that doesn't matter since I'm already connected to the places where people are via Matrix.

Re: Status.im Invests $5M in Riot.im

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Post by no_protocol »

lima wrote: post #6

How are they supposed to make money? I distrust for-profit messenger apps, no matter how good their intentions are. Sooner or later, they'll sell my data :(

I'm not sure.

But I'm also not sure they need to have any of your data.

The riot.im client lets you connect to your own Matrix server rather than an "official" one, so they're not really able to monitor your usage or know who you are unless the app is phoning home.

Maybe it's collecting analytics data? Would love to know. I only use the Riot.im app on mobile and use other clients for desktop usage.

Re: Status.im Invests $5M in Riot.im

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Post by nirv »

I have never heard of Status.im[0], but I'm glad that the Matrix protocol[1] and it's major[2] client implementation Riot.im[3]—received significant financial resources.

We, a small group of tech-savvy people, tried to use Riot client in the early summer of 2017, but it was far from being convenient for work needs. Poor UI/UX, overcomplicated E2E-keys sharing, sluggish interface (Electron, as you might have guessed) and awful mobile app. I'm not sure of the current status, but I hope now they'll be able to increase the pace of development and quality of the product, since Matrix is an excellent, federated post-XMPP/IRC protocol, which we lack today.

Upd: references and clarifications.

[0] https://wiki.status.im/The_Status_Network_Whitepaper

[1] https://matrix.org/docs/guides/faq.html#what-is-matrix

[2] https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html

[3] https://riot.im/

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