Matrix proponents would do well to learn from what is happening to Firefox and Mozilla.
Element do 90% of the development in the Matrix ecosystem - including the only server that can run at scale (I wont say "work") and the only homeserver designed to replace it (not production ready).
If Element were to come on hard times (as they have in the past, with near disastrous results), Matrix will simply fold.
@kline What do you suggest as alternative for a potentially struggling company? No company?
Never used Onlyfans but that "only" implies it's 100% commercial enterprise while open-source is freely available with *voluntary* donations.
What I'm just trying to highlight - after spending like 20 years in open-source community as user and developer - is that donations do increase chances of an open-source project surviving in long-term, simply because people behind it have lives too, and the most user-visible work is usually the most boring too.
