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Giving Up on Element & Matrix.org
(xn--gckvb8fzb.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
XMPP is still an option
That is what the author said they switch to, but TBH XMPP also has issues with MFA and messages frequently not being decrypted (using OMEMO) and 'unencrypted metadata'.
I wouldn't say that it works better than Matrix, it just has some different strengths and weaknesses.