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Re:Is the madness ever going to end? by mrweasel on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @02:09AM (#29903294)
But all the chat apps are Electron now, except Google chat, which is a PWA (I know, also available as an Electron app).

There are no major native chat apps left to use as a reference.

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Re:Is the madness ever going to end? by indigochill on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:50AM (#29905634)
I personally consider IRC (or I guess more precisely, IRC clients like Weechat (Not to be confused with China's WeChat)) a contender, as it provides chat functionality as well as the ability to create channels for themed discussions.

No, it doesn't have emojis or inline multimedia, but IMO it delivers the important part of chat and leaves the unimportant parts for other applications (like opening a hyperlink from IRC chat to see the clever meme someone posted). It also doesn't do video or voice, but there are other applications for that as well. For purely text chat, IRC is a lightweight (and self-hostable FOSS) solution.

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