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Re:Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegra... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @03:33AM (#29010509)
The benefit of an all-in-one client is that they can port/shim/polyfill[0] missing features between the backing platforms.

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[0] - Whatever is the most appropriate webdev word of the day.

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Re:Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegra... by hypertele-Xii on Friday October 29, 2021 @03:22PM (#29042524)
And the downside of an all-in-one client is that they are going to have to port/shim/polyfill features from a hostile, proprietary, changing API.

Once again, the problem is not technical, it's political. Until interoperability is enforced by government, I expect companies to keep building their siloes. Network effect and tragic commons and all that.

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