Thread: Google drops XMPP support in its new chat/Talk/Hangouts
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2013-08-16 , 07:14
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Originally Posted by lma View Post
I don't know, I think when your communications provider suddenly and deliberately drops the ability to communicate with half your contacts is exactly the right moment to switch. What's the alternative, convince everyone else to join Google hangover? Yeah, right.
this situation with google dropping support for xmpp federation has made me sad, because what really is the alternative to encouraging your friends to use xmpp compatible chat - if you wish to:
  • be able to chat without being dependent on specific company
  • be able to chat with end-to-end encryption (not necessarily always, but should need ever be)
  • be able to chat anonymously
related; initially i was excited about #hemlismessenger, but it seems they will not support xmpp federation either.