Matrix has bridges for every other chat service, so all your friends who refuse to switch don’t have to.

I’m resigned to friends and family being almost impossible to get off WhatsApp. Despite being Meta it is also quite difficult to enshittify. If they manage it, I might be able start a conversation but until then it has to stay.

For everything else Fediverse related I’m using Matrix as most Lemmy business happens there (Lemmy uses it for secure DMs so it makes sense). I will try and move people across from other chat platforms to Matrix on an ad hoc basis.

SimpleX is the best alternative right now, email is a very bad protocol

with these its more about whos using it