• AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    XMPP is used in many, many places. It’s just not usually explicitly known that the backend is using that protocol

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      10 months ago

      You are underplaying the damage Google and FB did to XMPP. It wasn’t supposed to be relegated to an obscure backend protocol. The involvement of those companies ensured that it didn’t become a popular user-facing protocol.