The cool thing is that you can use a load of different apps for it. Want it to look like Discord? Use Element or Nheko. Like WhatsApp? FluffyChat. Want to use a Nintendo 3DS? Try Miitrix.
Matrix has some major issues.
Cinny > Element on everything but the feature set.
It's hard to beat Element in features given the special treatment it gets (by being developed by the same people that develop the spec) but look and feel wise you can absolutely improve on it.
It’s extremely timely with Reddit and Twitter showing the risks of proprietary centralized communities like Discord.
I think you mean authoritarian not Orwellian. Orwellian would mean that they are using language to corrupt thought. Authoritarian means they are just in a position of absolute power and can abuse it
Or upgrade to nitro to attach more than 1 image at a time...
Also upgrade to nitro to type more than 500 words in one message