> Open instant messaging interconnectivity with third parties was canned True, but I'd say that has been more Facebook's, Apple's and Microsoft's (Skype's) fau

> Open instant messaging interconnectivity with third parties was canned True, but I'd say that has been more Facebook's, Apple's and Microsoft's (Skype's) fault. Google offered it for a couple of years, but no big player started to use federation. So I wouldn't blame Google for pulling the plug on something not being used. However, your list of evil-doing can be extendend, e.g. - AMP https://hn.algolia.com/?query=amp&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=amp&sort=byPopularity&prefix&p...