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minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agogoogle hangouts is proprietary and xmpp/jabber still exists.
minus-squareDran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoHangouts was built on xmpp, and used to allow federation. Yes xmpp still exists but it’s functionally dead.
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agogoogle talk was built on it; hangouts is a completely new application. xmpp is still around; it’s just competing with matrix.
minus-squareDran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYes you are correct, I had the two reversed in my head.
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google hangouts is proprietary and xmpp/jabber still exists.
Hangouts was built on xmpp, and used to allow federation. Yes xmpp still exists but it’s functionally dead.
google talk was built on it; hangouts is a completely new application.
xmpp is still around; it’s just competing with matrix.
Yes you are correct, I had the two reversed in my head.