While Discord might officially not allow it, a lot of folks do want the option of using different clients. There are a few out there and generally speaking it does like discord doesn't crack down on it unless they see odd api usage. *DISCLAIMER:* Still very much use at your own risk. I am not responsible for banned accounts.
Why not make a great Matrix client or improve that ecosystem somehow otherwise?
Likely for the same reason there are still relatively few feature complete matrix clients out there. Don't get me wrong, there are a ton of clients out there with some functionality. But few that support all functionality. For the longest time it was just Element.
A large reason for that has to do with how complex the Matrix protocol is to deal with. To be fair, the discord API also has become a hot mess with all the features tagged on over the years. But the basic API for just chat is fairly straightforward. Not to mention that there are multiple wrapper libraries for various languages out there that make things even easier.
Also, people work on projects they benefit from themselves. Or at least the ones they are motivated to do. If someone isn't on Matrix why should they invest the time and effort to get effectively nothing in return?
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While Discord might officially not allow it, a lot of folks do want the option of using different clients. There are a few out there and generally speaking it does like discord doesn't crack down on it unless they see odd api usage. *DISCLAIMER:* Still very much use at your own risk. I am not responsible for banned accounts.
Likely for the same reason there are still relatively few feature complete matrix clients out there. Don't get me wrong, there are a ton of clients out there with some functionality. But few that support all functionality. For the longest time it was just Element.
A large reason for that has to do with how complex the Matrix protocol is to deal with. To be fair, the discord API also has become a hot mess with all the features tagged on over the years. But the basic API for just chat is fairly straightforward. Not to mention that there are multiple wrapper libraries for various languages out there that make things even easier.
Also, people work on projects they benefit from themselves. Or at least the ones they are motivated to do. If someone isn't on Matrix why should they invest the time and effort to get effectively nothing in return?
What's complex about the Matrix Protocol?