Does anyone know how iMessage handles this on desktop (on Macs) as they (as far as I know) upgraded their encryption recently?

Agree. At least they already know about this and told they want to address it in the future.

The server / backend is not open source. Even though it's audited that's a red flag.

For me Nextcloud AIO works. Still I don't like how "unstable" NC is. There's always something that does not work in any setup. Wish it was more stable or there would be a better alternative. For me it's videos. But only those that are MP4 and have their moov atom at the end of the file. They can't be played.

https://github.com/pulsejet/memories/issues/984

It's a headache. Set up Ente Photos just for that. Good side effect is that the images from my family and myself are stored E2EE encrypted on the self hosted Ente Photos instance.

Some people say it's "evil" since some drama with RedHat or something? I actually never looked into that drama and it's probably overreaction of someone but has anyone heard of it or an idea what it's about?

Hydra

Ideally "users" wouldn't only be IT guys but also an average person. Some of my friends use Matrix to message me. They certainly are no developers or have technical IT knowledge. They certainly don't know how to set up a bot. With discord you just add a bot to your server (equivalent to a Matrix Space) and there you go. That's user friendly. Matrix bots work yes. But they are by far not user friendly.

But IRC doesn't really support E2EE in 1:1 chats right? Because that's something very important for me. I don't want to use an app only for public channels I ideally would like to use it for everything. Including messaging the people I know.

Is there a current version of it? Can't find a version that I can install. Play Store says Lawnchair 2 has been developed for an older version of Android and thus can't be installed and besides that the latest release I can find on GitHub is 6 years old.

I had the same issue. Wrote another comment here explaining my setup to solve my ISP issue.

I loooove Debian and I don't mind having older packages for better stability. However the only reason for me for not using Debian is actually KDE Plasma. I don't want to miss out on new Plasma released and have to wait forever until I receive them.

Any idea how long it will take (estimated) until you can install GrapheneOS on the upcoming devices after they're released?