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> There are multiple standards of course. The only standards I know of are XMPP/Jabber and IRC. XMPP has seen widespread adoption when Google and Facebook star
by zaik 4y ago
> There are multiple standards of course.
The only standards I know of are XMPP/Jabber and IRC. XMPP has seen widespread adoption when Google and Facebook started offering it. Then they stopped doing so probably because interoperability is hard AND is counterproductive to their business incentives since users could very easily switch to a different provider instead of being locked into your walled garden.
Hopefully we will see interoperability and adoption of internet standards again if companies are forced to (DMA) or users start making standards compliance a hard requirement.
I choose to delete every walled garden messaging app and started using XMPP exclusively. Since I'm not reachable on anything else about 20 of my friends and family members now have reachable XMPP addresses and they make up >90% of my messages.
- jillesvangurp 4y agoI actually need to be able to communicate with a range of people that just aren't that open to switching apps just to chat with me. A jabber client is the one thing I don't need actually. I literally don't know anyone currently that is using that. I've used it in the distant past of course. But it's a long time ago that I encountered anyone using that or suggesting that as a way to contact them.