Matrix

Utilizing Matrix

While Matrix has the most diversity and maybe, in its current state, the best ecosystem, if you want to dip your toes into this topic, it’s the coolest start.

Matrix provides bridges to virtually every popular messaging platform, making it an attractive option for unified communication. The protocol itself is modern, well-documented, and backed by a strong community.

Compatibility Challenges

Sadly, with Matrix’s modern approaches and the currently supported ways (which are just the enshittification of developers’ minds), it’s not possible, at least directly, to connect to the Matrix protocol from devices like the Blackberry Classic.

The modern Matrix clients require hardware capabilities and software dependencies that obsolete devices simply cannot provide. However, this doesn’t mean Matrix is completely off the table, there are indirect methods that I will come back to later.