"The trend is increasingly towards open standards that allow switching between different providers. Unlike proprietary platforms, communication capability is not tied to a single manufacturer."

"Different providers can communicate with each other as long as they support the same standard. Federation thus occurs not via central platforms but through a network of independent systems," writes @nprofile1q... in @heiseonline.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Matrix-Messenger-Rocket-Chat-Swedish-authorities-communicate-interoperably-11316951.html