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Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] ChristerMLB@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I'll have to work on my explanation there as well.

As I understand it, Matrix is a standard for doing Discord-like things (and other stuff as well, but never mind that), but it's also an organization that hosts a service that follows that standard - you can make an account there, and use whatever client you like to join servers and do Discord-like things.

But anyone could host such a service, or make such clients, so a big tech firm could never fully own Matrix - in the same way that they can never fully own email.

Sound right?