[Feature]: Optional opt-in for list of publicly available community-provided / self-hosted servers

[andreas1107]

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Linux, Mac, Windows

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Feature

I have seen in the closed issue 2045 that it is an intentional choice to not make a list of publicly available servers, to preserve the privacy of the server operators.

This is a request to make create an optional 'opt-in' feature, where self-hosted servers can announce themselves as willing to be publicly listed and used.

If a server uses this opt-in feature, it would be automatically listed in the public directory of servers - perhaps separated from the servers of the SimpleX team (as these are likely to be more stable, updated, etc).

I would suggest this is implemented as an 'experimental' feature from the client POV to make the user aware that using a custom server may come with its own security (no guarantee of updates) and stability/down-time risks.