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Re:Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to A... by donbox on Friday April 20, 2018 @12:01PM (#16885883)
Could not they just replace the XMPP protocol with whatever better protocol, while keeping the GTalk alive.
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Re:Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to A... by delecti on Friday April 20, 2018 @12:53PM (#16886422)
They kinda did exactly that. GTalk became Hangouts which is no longer quite XMPP.
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Re:Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to A... by orbitur on Friday April 20, 2018 @01:58PM (#16886979)
Well, not only did they change the protocol, they ruined the UI too.
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Re:Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to A... by vijaybritto on Friday April 20, 2018 @01:10PM (#16886567)
It's kinda sad how they ruined a superb product and replaced with something some par!
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Re:Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to A... by seba_dos1 on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:49PM (#16887963)
X in XMPP stands for eXtensible. They could simply augment XMPP to match their needs better - and guess what, it's exactly what happened in last years. Now XMPP is a good, modern, battery- and UX-friendly IM protocol, with some clients even E2E encrypted by default.
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