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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by lucb1e on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:55PM (#25794660)
E.g. OVH, Hetzner, TransIP... idk whatever kinda server you like. Or repurpose an old laptop at home, for a few Watts you get something that's usually more powerful per ¤ than a VPSes (or "cloud instances" in newspeak). Then install a Matrix server, add your domain, and you've got your own Signal alternative.

Or just use the standard matrix.org home server if you're just trying it out / don't mind a not-super-fast home server. Or one of a dozen public Matrix servers: https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php

Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by oblio on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:10PM (#25794884)
IRC all over again. I don't see this taking over until someone comes up with its Gmail.
Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by ripdog on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:32PM (#25795195)
'its gmail' is matrix.org. It is the default server when you start up Element.
Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by spurgu on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:46PM (#25795385)
Exactly. There's no reason to run your own server aside from supporting the decentralized nature of it (or wanting to be 100% in control).