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I'm not even convinced they decided it was more profitable. The decision probably went something like this: Manager: Our users want this feature Developer: We

I'm not even convinced they decided it was more profitable. The decision probably went something like this: Manager: Our users want this feature Developer: We can't add that because it will cause incompatibility with XMPP clients Manager: This is the 50th feature that has been blocked by XMPP and hardly any of our users use it. Time to cut off support for it

mszcz 6y ago
That and they probably threw hoards of cash and engineering at the problem.
xorcist 6y ago
It's probably much simpler than that: "It has come to my attention that clients which we do not control connect to our service. This severely limits the monetization opportunities available to us. Please fix before it is caught in a due diligence."