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Re:Google Duo rolls out realtime AV1 by ilikehurdles on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @06:31PM (#22940037)
Good to know I'm not going crazy. Maybe being gaslighted by wikipedia editors but that's not out of the ordinary. The Wikipedia entry for Google Talk[1], says:

> Google Talk, also known as Google Chat,[1] was an instant messaging service that provided both text and voice communication.[2] The instant messaging service was variously referred to colloquially as Gchat, Gtalk, or Gmessage among its users.[3]

What a mess.

[1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk

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Re:Google Duo rolls out realtime AV1 by casefields on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @08:09PM (#22940664)
I wish they would put a "Messaging Czar" in charge with completely authority, to fix that mess. They know their target is iMessage and WhatsApp, yet don't seem to coalesce around any product in particular.

Are they too scared of regulators to make an iMessage-like service in Android? RCS will barely nibble at the ground they need to cover in order to compete for real.

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