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Matrix tries to kill XMPP but the reality is that if you want to self-host, XMPP is much less of a hassle. Also, Matrix is an open standard as in “pay big money to participate in the openness”. https://matrix.org/blog/2022/12/01/funding-matrix-via-the-matrix-org-foundation/
Membership comes at various levels, each with different rewards:
Individual memberships (i.e. today’s Patreon supporters):
Ability to vote in the appointment of up to 2 ‘community representatives’ to the Foundation's governing board.
Name on the Matrix.org website
Silver member: between £2,000 and £80,000 per year, depending on organisation size
Ability to vote on the appointment of up to 2 ‘Silver representative’ to the Foundation's governing board
Supporter logo on the front page of the new Matrix.org website
Gold member: £200,000 / year, adds:
Ability to vote on the appointment of up to 3 ‘Gold representatives’ to the Foundation's governing board.
Press release announcing the sponsorship
1 original post on the Matrix.org blog per year
Participation in the internal Spec Core Team room
Larger logo on the front page of Matrix.org
Platinum member: £500,000 / year, adds:
Ability to vote on the appointment of up to 5 ‘platinum representatives’ to the Foundation's governing board.
1 sponsored Matrix Live episode per year
Largest logo on the front page of Matrix.org
Even when it was up, I never managed to get reliable read state from gpodder, possibly because I have paid podcast that cannot be downloaded easily. If you figure out a good way to sync the podcast list and read state between antennapod and other apps, please share it here!
My workaround so far is to only use antennapod which is actually fine, I can use bluetooth or a jack to use my phone as the podcast device in all situations where I actually want podcasts… but it’d be nice to just not use my phone at all when I’m home. ;-)