You can do a disk benchmark on the server to be sure
shadeless
Yes your Matrix homeserver does have to run the bridges. So I agree with you - you have to somewhat trust the admins of your Homeserver, or host your own homeserver and bridges. But I understand that the latter is not for everyone.
Which funnily enough, has bridges to Signal, Whatsapp, Discord, Telegram and some more, meaning you wouldn't have to have as many other clients installed to chat with contacts on those platforms
Because it's one thing to cruise along with a ship and just unspool some cable into the water but a whole other thing to dig hundreds of miles of trenches deep under water.
Also look at the memory of you haven't already - run memtest
Runs great on my old-ish Galaxy S10 !
Knowing where the Netherlands begins?
check out "conversations" its free on f-fdroid and paid in the play store (although from time to time its free there, also)
Exactly what I was thinking...