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Has the Slack defense armada already found a good reason why an Electron-based proprietary, vendor-locked-in US version of IRC is even worth a comment?
by rhabarba 8y ago
Has the Slack defense armada already found a good reason why an Electron-based proprietary, vendor-locked-in US version of IRC is even worth a comment?
- loeg 8y agoMan, I really don't like a lot of things about Slack, but this comment is over the top. At least assume good faith on the part of people who like do Slack and defend it. There are differences of personal opinion over which features matter most, and it's valid for people to disagree with you. I happen to agree with some of the implied criticisms in your second clause, but, please tone down the tinfoil hat and aggression by a factor of 100.
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- dmitriid 8y agoBecause it works? Because it offers the same capabilities across multiple OSes and devices? Because it has message history and offline communication? Because it has multiple built-in and third-party integrations? Because it supports file transfers? Because it supports seamless ad-hoc communication between several people (with access to offline medsages)? Because it supports video calls and screen sharing? For XMPP there’s exactly one client that supports may be half of those features. For IRC there are none.