• Kissaki@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t XMPP just lose to better messenger competition then?

    Did the [unidirectional] connection really make a difference to XMPP and its users?

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      1 year ago

      Didn’t XMPP just lose to better messenger competition then?

      It is perfectly valid to describe the outcome this way. I agree this is indeed the case. Google Talk gave way to other options deemed better too. Actually it did not gain much traction in my country either.

      But I guess it is the sucking of XMPP users and the whole feeling of getting “betrayed” that makes people holding a grudge toward megacorps Google-alike.