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Comment by cookiengineer

The problem with XMPP is that it's a suite of RFCs.

It's like describing DNS, which is a conglomerate of RFCs so complex that it's unlikely to be implemented correctly and completely.

XMPP is a design fail in that regard, because if you have to tell your chat contacts to download a different client that fulfills OMEMO or XEP-whatever specs, then yeah, ain't gonna happen for most people.

(I am still a proponent of XMPP, but the working groups need to get their shit together to unify protocol support across clients)

parent cookiengineer 8 months ago

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