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 My point is that we shouldn't just dismiss the state of DMs as you suggested in the first reply. Devs should implement NIP-17 as it stands today even though NIP-104 is in the horizon. 

Considering that NIP-17 took about 1.2 years to be developed, audited, implemented by 2+ clients and merged, MLS will take another year to be ready.  
 It is worth noting that even with MLS coming out, NIP-17 may still be the preferred DM type because it supports device synchronization, whereas MLS does not.