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Re:Google Talk Is Being Discontinued by mattmcknight on Friday March 24, 2017 @04:11PM (#13951880)
standard complaint was that it was a battery killer.
Re:Google Talk Is Being Discontinued by aerique on Saturday March 25, 2017 @04:30AM (#13954622)
As far as I know, XMPP is still being developed further. The guy who wrote the Android Conversations (.im?) app is on HN and says it is a serious option for phones now.

(Except it costs money so most of my WhatsApp contacts will not switch.)