Mysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agoTo comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocoltechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down11
arrow-up1255arrow-down1external-linkTo comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocoltechcrunch.comMysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareAMDIsOurLordlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoXMPP is used in many, many places. It’s just not usually explicitly known that the backend is using that protocol
minus-square4dpuzzle@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoYou are underplaying the damage Google and FB did to XMPP. It wasn’t supposed to be relegated to an obscure backend protocol. The involvement of those companies ensured that it didn’t become a popular user-facing protocol.
XMPP is used in many, many places. It’s just not usually explicitly known that the backend is using that protocol
You are underplaying the damage Google and FB did to XMPP. It wasn’t supposed to be relegated to an obscure backend protocol. The involvement of those companies ensured that it didn’t become a popular user-facing protocol.