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Matrix is good. Element is not. It is a terrible application filled with bugs that ends up limiting the quality of other client applications.
I do think the EU should start with a more basic app like FluffyChat in testing but rebranded, then try to make their own app over the Matrix protocol that fits their specific communications needs and share that development publicly with open source.
Didn't XMPP already solve these issues a long time ago?
This is a case where federation is nice.
It's good to have an easy model for communication between members of different trusted organizations without requiring everyone to create a new account on a different server.
XMPP is federated