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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by problems on Monday February 20, 2017 @05:03PM (#13691403)
They're pretty critical of XMPP but aren't there direct counter examples to it, like Conversations https://conversations.im for one.
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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by anc84 on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @04:28AM (#13694403)
Conversations is the only counter example and only came into the scene fairly recently. Before, XMPP on Android (my OS) was not fun and battery draining.
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