Facebook ended support for XMPP in April 2015. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/facebook-chat-api-empathy-pidgin-stop-working https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/20

Facebook ended support for XMPP in April 2015. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/facebook-chat-api-empathy-pidgin-stop-working https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/facebook-chat-api-empath... I also don't understand your point as a whole. Facebook and Google both aim to target ads accurately; Facebook also has unencrypted messages by default; therefore "google's issue [with adding encryption] is not with the ads but something else"? I don't see how those connect. edit: ah, your real conclusion was "google's issue [with creating a successful chat app] is not with ads but something else". I didn't think GP was purporting the unencrypted chat application wouldn't be adopted, just that it wouldn't be "good for the world", or somesuch.