I've Moved to a Decentralized Model of Matrix So What's the Metadata Issue With Xmpp?

I have like seven messengers on my phone um yeah I mean the pay model is definitely friction especially if you're using something like Calix where you can't even like pay for it through the uh to the app store because there is no Google Play store. On matrix you can just self-host your own home server and that way you can assure that everything that's i'm happening on it is is owned by you so that's kind of the the awesome thing and the sucky thing about decentralized models. We we have a freak who's asking how do we know these messenger chat apps are not spook apps like a nom.