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Zulip came out in 2012, which predates Matrix.

They obviously should've used a time machine.

Then they must’ve pre-invented it!

E2EE doesn't really work in large chatrooms on Matrix either. I don't know how many large groups you're in on Matrix but just as a most-recent example, the Garage folks just tombstoned their E2EE room for a public one because Matrix still isn't ready for large-format E2EE encrypted chats.

Search history is painful and most often previous chats will show up as "waiting..." forever so there's zero context coming in.

It generally doesn't need e2e encryption, because it's strictly public or strictly inside-the-firewall.

If it had federation capabilities, or people wanted to use private groups, it would need e2e. I hope that's on their drawing board.

Right. As long as you are accessing the site over SSL and your server is secured, then you really have a form of e2e.