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Google's behavior with its messaging platforms really boggles my mind. There's always more to a story sure, and certainly more to why google keeps jumping arou
by mxuribe 8y ago
Google's behavior with its messaging platforms really boggles my mind. There's always more to a story sure, and certainly more to why google keeps jumping around - or perhaps flopping around is a better term here. But honestly, one would think whatever behind-the-scene reasons would have settled down by now, eh?
I think google should simply take the plunge and adopt matrix as their messaging protocol. The protocol provides messaging and telephony. Since - much like email - matrix is federated, google could even pair matrix server hosting with their G Suite products. Basically google would be an organization's email, docs, and now matrix/messaging server provider (in addition to the other services included in g suite)...I'm not the biggest fan of google (nor g suite), but i do acknowledge that so many organizations depend on google for their g suite platform. Also, leveraging - and contributing to the greater matrix.org effort - the matrix platform would show the world that google is still happy to collaborate on open source efforts.
...Or, maybe i'm thinking too altruistically?
- zanny 8y agoYou absolutely are. If Google cared a decade ago they could have strong arm overhauled XMPP into whatever they wanted. Even Facebook Messenger (which also used XMPP until I want to say 2016? which is coincidentally when I stopped ever using Facebook messenger) would have bent to their will. They simply chose not to, and instead make yet another proprietary non-federated protocol and practically single handledly fractured what was at the time turning into a reasonable communication ecosystem where MSM, Facebook Messenger, and GTalk were all the big games in town but were also all XMPP compatible.
- mxuribe 8y agoOh wow, i totally forgot about xmpp; you're right! I forgot how i enjoyed using pidgin client to interact with my gTalk friends.