The AI disclosure is important. Which one, where, how and why. Just to show an example why it’s important, it’s basically the same as this thing that is absolutely needed and normal in the food industry precisely because we allow people to do things the wrong way:

This food product is processed in the same tanks, conveyors belts and filters that also process Imperiling Allergen.

No, it’s free real estate for scams, slop and the like.

I was hoping with the year run-up we’d have a better alternative replacement, but alas.

Apologize? XMPP has existed since almost longer than I have.

One would think the opposition would copy their game and would keep pushing a new law to ban repeated pushing of laws…

Basically yes. Matrix is in the unfortunate position of being a “nu-protocol”, something that should be good but it is intentionally designed to be bloated and wasteful just so that we (or really, techbros) can have a shiny new toy, instead of using proven, battle-tested technologies and standards that can run in a potato which is all we’ll have access to with how the RAM factories are going.

Harder, yes; impossible, no.

For example, even if there was currently not an alternative to a specific piece of software (might take a while, might be too niche, etc) nothing says you can’t use the latest version of Caddy or whatever before they got slopified. Lists like Open Slopware help find the correct release version numbers for that.

xml dead

¿Really? Someone tell that to LibreOffice, they keep using it for their ISO approved file format!

It’s 2026… Why do people insist on skipping the fact that XMPP exists?

Anyway. Just set up XMPP.