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It's 'extensible.' That's what they say. 'Extensible.' You know what that means? It means they didn't finish it! It's like buying a car, and they say, 'Oh, the
by vga42 11mo ago
It's 'extensible.' That's what they say. 'Extensible.' You know what that means? It means they didn't finish it! It's like buying a car, and they say, 'Oh, the engine? That's... extensible. You figure it out!'
- ekjhgkejhgk 11mo agoThat's such an uncharitable take... Many of these features that you would say make it unfinished didn't exist when XMPP first came out. Being extensible has its downsides for sure, but calling it unfinished because it can be extended...
- ekjhgkejhgk 11mo agoIgnorant take. WhatsApp uses XMPP. Zoom uses XMPP. You see, I kept learning about XMPP and thinking "this is really good stuff, why isn't it more widely used?" And so I realized: It IS very widely used precisely for being so good. Then the companies intentionally making it un-interoperable.
- BrenBarn 11mo agoI mean Matrix is also extensible.