Matrix Is a Trap. Here’s Why 25-Year-Old XMPP Is Quietly Winning.
We traded the open internet for walled gardens, accepting the lie that ‘better’ technology means centralized control. But 25 years later, XMPP is quietly outlasting them all. As AI agent orchestration returns to this permissionless protocol, it’s time to rethink what digital independence actually requires—and why Matrix might just be another vendor trap.