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Links: Politico Europe, "'Absolute s–t': EU's Microsoft Teams alternative draws bad reviews from officials" (30 Sept 2026): https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-microsoft-teams-alternative-bad-reviews-element-pro/ ComputerBase (2 Oct 2026): https://www.computerbase.de/news/apps/absoluter-scheiss-eu-mitarbeiter-wettern-gegen-teams-alternative.99642/ Brussels Signal (2 Oct 2026): https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/10/eu-officials-dismiss-absolute-sht-alternative-to-microsoft-teams-imposed-by-brussels/ Gizmodo (2 Oct 2026): https://gizmodo.com/european-commission-staff-really-dislike-their-sovereign-alternative-to-microsoft-teams-report-2000821135 The Register, the Commission's Matrix trial and France joining the Matrix.org Foundation (30 Oct 2025): https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/30/france_matrix/ Nicolas Dubois, "Trialing Matrix within the European Commission" (Matrix Conference 2025, media.ccc.de, CC BY-SA 4.0): https://media.ccc.de/v/matrix-conf-2025-81512-trialing-matrix-within-the-european-commission-for-resilient-and-sovereign-communications Euractiv, "Commission trials European open source communications software" (4 Feb 2026): https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-trials-european-open-source-communications-software/ OSNews (7 Feb 2026): https://www.osnews.com/story/144346/commission-trials-european-open-source-communications-software-matrix/ Open Source For You (Feb 2026): https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/02/eu-backs-open-source-matrix-for-secure-internal-communications/ Element, "Element Pro: Element X, built specifically for the workplace" (16 Oct 2025): https://element.io/blog/element-pro-element-x-built-specifically-for-the-workplace/ Element, "Element X and Pro updates; a glimpse into the future" (12 Nov 2025): https://element.io/blog/element-x-and-pro-updates-a-glimpse-into-the-future/ Element docs, Element Classic to Element Pro: https://docs.element.io/latest/element-server-suite-pro/migration/classic-to-pro-mobile-apps-faq/ Matrix clients: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/ matrix.org, DINUM joins the Foundation (21 Oct 2025): https://matrix.org/blog/2025/10/dinum/ KDE Community Wiki, Matrix and NeoChat: https://community.kde.org/Matrix heise, Microsoft denies mail blockade at the ICC (Jun 2025): https://www.heise.de/en/news/Microsoft-denies-mail-blockade-at-the-International-Criminal-Court-10429628.html The Register, the ICC switches to openDesk (31 Oct 2025): https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/international_criminal_court_ditches_office/ heise, France's Visio (Jan 2026): https://www.heise.de/en/news/France-replaces-MS-Teams-and-Zoom-with-its-own-video-conferencing-software-11155347.html Digital Government NL, the open-source agreement (Oct 2026): https://www.nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/new-push-for-open-source-in-government-and-education/ IO+, Willemijn Aerdts on open source (1 Oct 2026): https://ioplus.nl/en/posts/government-turns-to-open-source-for-digital-independence heise, DAWO on NixOS (30 Sept 2026): https://heise.de/en/news/Netherlands-builds-sovereign-government-desktop-based-on-NixOS-11470450.html Computerworld, Austrian armed forces and LibreOffice (Sept 2025): https://www.computerworld.com/article/4065856/austrian-armed-forces-switch-from-microsoft-office-to-libre-office.html Tchap: https://tchap.numerique.gouv.fr/ LibreNews, "Matrix and FreeDesktop are calling for help": https://thelibre.news/matrix-and-freedesktop-are-calling-for-help/ LibreNews, "Let's talk about this 'EU OS'": https://thelibre.news/lets-talk-about-this-eu-os/ LibreNews, "Autistici/Inventati and the Reach of U.S. Sanctions": https://thelibre.news/autistici-inventati-us-sanctions/ Thumbnails: Berlaymont photo by Euro Pictures (CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons) Chapters: 0:00 The Commission's Teams backup 1:08 What did the Commission build? 2:52 What are Matrix, Element and Element Pro? 4:53 So, how bad is it? 9:42 Do the critics have a point? 10:45 Why is the Commission doing this at all? 12:30 What are other countries doing? 15:32 So, is it absolute shit? 17:16 Outtakes Mon, 26 Oct 2026 01:40:47 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://clip.place https://clip.place/lazy-static/avatars/e63ed084-e5be-423e-a66e-dae98f14f4b6.png https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/d26259af-091e-4c4e-a7ac-dfd6946a0e26 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://clip.place/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. https://clip.place/w/rYMP6TGvwx9qba29x3P9r5;threadId=84016 https://clip.place/w/rYMP6TGvwx9qba29x3P9r5;threadId=84016 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:47:59 GMT A lot of people in the FOSS community (me included) hate Element and Matrix. The protocol, clients and servers have so many fundamental design problems and surface level papercuts that it makes the whole experience very subpar. Not to plug my own video, but I did talk about it more in detail in the video about FOSS chats I made this summer and the whole outlook (no pun intended) for Matrix doesn't look good.

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