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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I use the apps my friends use but it gets tiring to keep up with so many.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I miss pidgin for the cross platform chat

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Anyone remember trillian?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Libpurple had constant breakage due to proprietary apps having no incentive to keep their protocols stable. A lot of it worked easier then since no one was using e2ee either. Newer gateways exist in the space but it’s a real shame since for a brief time the earlier 2010s, most chat applications were using the same protocol—until they realized it’s harder to capture profits when the garden walls are lowered.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i miss when using the internet gave you ptsd because of the actual things that you saw, rather than the software that you were using.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've only recently threatened to take my own life due to spam. Never thought that'd be my 13th reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

gotta love the internet, only the best, for the worst, and the worst for the best.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Try Matrix bridges or Beeper

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I miss pidgin so much. I tried to use it the other day with Discord and it was terrible. So God-awful.