• krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    We just don’t want history repeating itself like what happened with xmpp. Do you really think facebook of all companies is joining the fediverse with good intentions? Do you really think they’re not trying to monopolize this?

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        11 months ago

        XMPP still exists - and I use it for chatting with one person. Nobody I know uses it. Techies I know use IRC and, more recently, Matrix. Or discord, disappointingly enough.

        And I mention techies because the rest of the world is just happy with WhatsApp/Messenger/Slack et al.

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        11 months ago

        I never mentioned google. And sure, xmpp exists but it’s dead and would be much better off if not for big tech giants

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      11 months ago

      Last I checked, the people using XMPP are still running happily using servers and clients.

      All 17 of them.

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      11 months ago

      I gotta ask… were you around and actively using xmpp around that time?

      Because I was. And xmpp struggling had nothing to do with Google