Oh, this is so f***ing gold. This post is a juice concentrate of the many reasons why Matrix sucks:
https://yaky.dev/2025-11-30-self-hosting-matrix/
Among others:
Users cannot be deleted
This is simply not an option in the API. Server admin can perform a "deactivate" (disable login) and "erase" (remove related data, which claims to be GDPR-compliant) on user accounts, but the accounts themselves stay on the server forever.
LOL.
Here is my take on why you should trash Matrix and use XMPP, or ta least Signal instead:
https://gagliardoni.net/#im_battle_2025
#im #matrix #jabber #xmpp #signal #privacy #security #enshittification #cypherpunk