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Amazingly Hangouts is still the most cross platform, generally usable and useful chat app I have ... it even still accepts XMPP connections. And of course, the
by zmmmmm 5y ago
Amazingly Hangouts is still the most cross platform, generally usable and useful chat app I have ... it even still accepts XMPP connections.
And of course, they are trying to kill it. (at least that is what the message I got last night said) ... sigh.
- rektide 5y agoHad no idea Hangouts still had XMPP connectivity, wow! I really feel like the article is massively missing out for not mentioning that Talk/Hangouts had interoperability, that you could Bring Your Own Software.
- zmmmmm 5y agoYes, I feel like its something Google receives insufficient credit for. Amongst all the the massive propriety / walled garden orgy going on with messaging systems it is a real stand out differentiating feature and something they have maintained for nearly 2 decades now without interruption. Google does plenty wrong, but I have to say it's noticeable that when tech companies actually do something right they often get zero to negative credit for it, so from that perspective it is hard to blame them sometimes.