This in particular makes little sense, and IMO the whole comment is nihilistic and defeatist and generally not very helpful. Just my opinion.

Most modern democratic societies have matured/thrived on a few key notions, including the idea that we, their citizens, had some fundamental rights among which were a few freedoms and at the very least some notion of privacy/intimacy. Those same fundamentals rights and values our actual leaders, so vocal about their unadulterated respect for democracy ad its values, happily are sitting on, when not pooping on.

Hope this makes a little more sense. If not, well, ok next time I will try in French.

As a side note, since you seem to consider comments should serve a purpose (if only, would you imagine what a nice place the Internet could be if it was only populated by useful participation and people willing to contribute to building a better place?), do not hesitate to tell me why this comment of mine made little sense to you (you know, it may help me understand your own comment) instead of just telling me it's useless and nihilistic which, I don't think I'm taking a huge risk here, you did not intend to use as a compliment. But, like you said, that's just my opinion.

Because matrix is decentralised, like lemmy, and is therefore really hard to get compromised.

But, it can prevent political problems hurting my privacy..
And there is nothing they can do against it.

If they force matrix to insert a backdoor, I just use a fork without it.

If they force my Linux distributor to add a backdoor, I just use a fork without it.

If they force a backdoor in iOS and Android, I use a fork of open source android or mainline linux for phones, without it.

If they want to hang me because I do such things, I riot.

It is just people who are inpatient and think that a company offering FOSS software has as much resources as a company offering proprietary data collection services which they can sell

It does what I need it to do and even more. All I need is a tool to communicate with my friends in secure way

People who want to use it as replacement for discord are those who complain most, but I use it as replacement of WhatsApp etc.

But as long as things remain as they are, I don’t see the general public warming to Matrix.org/Element. The platform is cumbersome for newcomers and lacks user-facing features that people actually want, while simultaneously overexposing complex settings like roles, permissions, and addresses. It’s the ideal enterprise software – and I don’t mean that as a compliment. Even overloaded platforms like Discord ultimately focus on what users want: Dumb emojis and stickers, silly color themes, and intuitive server and friend management. Matrix, by contrast, feels like it was built for compliance departments and bureaucrats, not communities.

Fair. Element X not supporting threads isn't really giving a good perspective on the platform.

European Court of Human Rights ended up banning all legal efforts to weaken encryption of secure communications in Europe

This being the case, how can they try to reintroduce the legislation?