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Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Whether you're really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i wish all the big players would agree on one of the many open chat and IM protocols. it's like kindergarten where the toddlers don't want to share toys

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Was it really back in 2009 that both Google and Facebook used XMPP compatible chats? Those were the days.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was the cool guy with all the chats in one place: Pidgin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

We had the future in our hands but our corporate platform overlords made a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Facebook had an XMPP client API. It didn't federate (and wasn't really true XMPP resulting in many quirks).