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I'm getting really tired of all these proprietary instant messaging solutions. It won't be long before people will realize they will at some point have to pay f
by sssparkkk 15y ago
I'm getting really tired of all these proprietary instant messaging solutions. It won't be long before people will realize they will at some point have to pay for usage of WhatsApp. When that happens, something else will gain traction, restarting the cycle again once more.
I hope Google just acquires WhatsApp already and opens up the platform. It's been years now, and about bloody time for something to appear that's the standard, open, cross-platform and free way of sending messages over the internet.
- Bootvis 15y agoThere is Jabber which GTalk uses. Unfortunately it doesn't really get traction.
- marquis 15y agoJabber is now XMPP which is a hugely used platform all over the internet for many many purposes including web and in-app messaging. It is fully interoperable between domains (if the server allows it).
- sssparkkk 15y agoIt's actually also used by WhatsApp, only not in a way that suggests they will ever open up their service for federation (and why would they?). So yeah, XMPP is part of the solution, but not if it's used in a closed off proprietary way.