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Gaim was one of the best apps out there. I'd absolutely love to use it. But what do I use it for? Nowadays I talk to people on Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, S

Gaim was one of the best apps out there. I'd absolutely love to use it. But what do I use it for? Nowadays I talk to people on Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Slack and Telegram and none of them can be used on Pidgin. Not Pidgin's fault I know. Just companies trying to lock people in.

spijdar 6y ago
Just a heads up, at least several of those are supported to varying degrees. Looks like WhatsApp is supported through its web API, and slack and telegram's protocols are supported. Facebook messenger is no go, though.
- mqus 6y ago
  But facebook messenger at least used to work, I know I used it with pidgin before
  - paulryanrogers 6y ago
    Facebook used to support XMPP. Which predates their separate Messanger app.
    - rw_grim 6y ago
      There's modern facebook support with https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/ https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/
- im_the_internet 6y ago
  I'm currently using Pidgin for Facebook Messenger with https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/ https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/