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Haven't touched Pidgin or Adium for ages, although I've got them installed on Linux and/or macOS (really liked them). The way of IM has changed, so many social
by terrywang 8y ago
Haven't touched Pidgin or Adium for ages, although I've got them installed on Linux and/or macOS (really liked them). The way of IM has changed, so many social features added into IM making it more like a social chat profile presence... As we leap into the mobile age, also, over the last few years, services like Google Talk (XMPP).
IM services used on a daily basis: Slack, WhatsApp/WeChat, Keybase chat (for serious stuff). Sometimes I still use IRC, very rare though.
- jethro_tell 8y agoWait a second, all of that social stuff can be in pidgin as well. It's been added to every proprietary client, usually as a repeat, but platforms all have the idea of sharing a photo, liking/loving/laughing at a comment, video chats. What am I missing that is creating lock in other than the creators themselves creating lock in?