on simplex there are not thousands, but hundreds of unofficial servers. tho you're correct about putting a backdoor into a one mainly-used-by-everyone client is easier, than into a lot of different clients. yet, this has also another side: if the code is open and has only one version, there's more eyes on it than if the eyes are spreaded onto a lot of different clients. it also backslashes: if there's a lot of clients, CIA can make its own — taking its budget into account it will be even easier to make a good looking honeypot than to insert a new backdoor into an already watched app. "just use the serious clients"? yeah let's limit clients to only one trustable, like simplex did.

also, the government funds lots of shit: tor, tails, signal... doesn't mean they're automatically becoming bad apps becos of that (but I bet they hope we think so)

I'm open to change my mind if I'm wrong, so please answer, if you disagree

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There only exist 11 SimpleX servers to choose from, 99% of users are found on those 11 machines.

Where are you reading that exist hundreds? Please show evidence of your claim because even Nostr with a far wider audience and deployments is only between 300 to 700 servers during the day: https://legacy.nostr.watch/

It is an awful approach to have "only one trustable" client. That is what Telegram does, at least learn from that experience. Most of the apps you mention are bad ones because of the funding and origin, reason why they are not really trusted. If you wish, I can detail why but you can also learn about it on your own.