Ask HN: Those who use self-hosted chat platforms, why not Slack?

Ask HN: Those who use self-hosted chat platforms, why not Slack?
6 by hasztagg | 5 comments on Hacker News.
We’re currently using Mattermost as our self-hosted chat, but outside of cost savings, there doesn’t appear to be a good reason why we don’t switch to a SaaS like Slack which has more features, integrations, better app, etc. What are your reasons to use Mattermost/RocketChat/other tools instead of Slack?

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