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[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago

The fact that I haven't had anything equivalent to Pidgin or Trillian installed in over a decade says otherwise

And what does it mean that I've never even heard of either of these?

When Facebook became big it literally wiped out the active userbase of 4 concurrently relevant instant messaging platforms.

Facebook never interoperated with any of those, or any other platforms, so I'm not sure what your point is.

[-] millie@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And what does it mean that I’ve never even heard of either of these?

Exactly.

Facebook never interoperated with any of those, or any other platforms, so I’m not sure what your point is.

Facebook messenger literally integrated with XMPP to do exactly what Meta is clearly planning with Threads. They added compatibility in 2010, then scrubbed it in 2015. It's right out of their own playbook. Your assertion is factually incorrect.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

XMPP commited suicide when for several years it refused to standardize on file/image transfer, and audio/video calls.

Guess what end-users kept demanding, and kept failing with XMPP.

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