The claim that XMPP on mobile can only result in lots of bandwith and battery usage is false, according to Daniel Gultsch, developer of the Android XMPP client

The claim that XMPP on mobile can only result in lots of bandwith and battery usage is false, according to Daniel Gultsch, developer of the Android XMPP client conversations: https://gultsch.de/xmpp_2016.html https://gultsch.de/xmpp_2016.html Money quote: “XMPP is not suited for mobile devices. That’s a myth that has been around for ages. It is mostly spread by people who want to sell you their own proprietary instant messaging solution.” From my own experience, high battery usage is the fault of the XMPP client. Regarding bandwith, I have been chatting over throttled 3G and regular 2G connections. The initial connection takes noticeably longer, otherwise everything except file transfers seems fine.