My frustration with "too complex" is high. Criticism in general often devolves to very broad heresay & un-backed opinions, but man, too complex is just one of t

My frustration with "too complex" is high. Criticism in general often devolves to very broad heresay & un-backed opinions, but man, too complex is just one of the weakest by far at this. Few people have spent the time to get to know a protocol or system well enough to know what really was unnecessary or bad. The ability to crash out & then talk smack is high. Most haters haven't even earned that right! XMPP is pretty simple to get started with. Theres not that many extensions you "really should have". The extension model let them grow & adapt well over time, giving more weight to the underlying eXtensibility model. I tend to agree it was mainly a push for privatization & lack of interest in economic mutualism that lead to drift away from XMPP.