still hella confused as to why self-proclaimed privacy advocates—even teams like @privacyguides—are pushing @element so hard despite the data collection & sharing practices, the loosey-goosey metadata usage, and the fact that they host on AWS.

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    a federated service has all the downsides of a centralized service

    No it doesn’t? A single party cannot block you from participating in the network, as you can just find a different provider, and you can have control over what servers may store your data, both as a server operator and as a room admin.