Similar experience here, except most people who moved to Signal were tech-savvy,...

pkulak · on April 13, 2021

I set up a Matrix server for my family, and then bridged in everyone else I know who uses iMessage. Now at least I'm chatting in a single app.

dx034 · on April 14, 2021

That means your family can't communicate if your server is down?

pkulak · on April 14, 2021

Yup. Just like how we couldn't communicate for 2 days when Signal's servers went down a few weeks before I made the switch.

The difference with me is that my server has a dozen users and I could rebuild the whole thing from backups on a brand new provider in a couple hours if I needed to. I doubt I'll need to, though. It's not exactly working hard. :D