Every now and then I see the argument that people shut down their XMPP server because they communicate only with a handful of people over it.
This has been the main reason to keep my XMPP server as it is a great way to hook up all kinds of people to chat with me in real time through one of the most secure e2e encryption schemes we have available today.
2-3 people's chat less on the record is still a win imho.