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IMHO XMPP / Jabber is the best Instant Messenger (IM) protocol (feddit.dk)
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It is battle tested, standardized, widely used, have open source servers and apps, end-to-end encryption (OMEMO), self-hostable and are low on ressources and federated / decentralized.

I use it with family and friends. Conversations and blabber.im on android and Gajim on Linux. There's also apps for windows and Apple.

Curious if anyone here use it and why, why not?

EDIT: Doh. In these Lemmy times I forgot federated. Added.

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[–] zorrothefox2001@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

IIRC Google Talk using XMPP and most major messengers having GTalk integration, they pretty much accidentally federated several messenger apps

[–] j4yc33@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.

[–] leetnewb@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google's messaging play has only gotten worse since then. Oh well.

[–] Chobbes@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I still cannot believe the Google I/O where they killed Talk and said “we’re consolidating all of the Google chat applications into hangouts. There will only be hangouts” and then the very next Google I/O they announced TWO new chat applications (allo and duo), and whose purpose I never understood, and then every year since they’re like “everything is Google meet now… no, not that Google meet, the other Google meet” and I have absolutely no idea what’s going on and nothing makes me feel so old and out of touch like trying to follow Google’s chat ecosystem.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

They took out XMPP years ago. I had a lot of hope for the future when they first federated. Even ran my own server and was able to talk to Google Talk users. Alas...

[–] fouc@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I doubt it was accidental, that's standard tech corp playbook. Build on established technology or open standard,, then shut the gates when critical mass has been achieved.