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That wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing. Someone wrote a good article about how Google bullied their way to kill XMPP. Something to keep in mind with what Meta is planning.
https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html
Yep, instead of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish they did Embrace, Impede, Extinguish.
Yeah it's support a platform, make that platform dependent on you, then abandon the platform. The users who remain are left with the option of abandoning the platform as well, or sit in a graveyard.
Very good writeup. I remember learning about XMPP with gtalk and then it fading away. These things happen, and if we don't remember, well...
That article was a really interesting read! In my opinion, while integration can be a good thing for many aspects of the world, we can't expect the giant company to not try to swallow us whole, which is why we must stand up to monopolies.
When personal profit is involved, expect the worst...IME
When capitalism is involved, expect the worst
FTFY /p