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Beeper’s push for iMessage on Android is really over
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I would absolutely love this. I really miss Gaim, Adium, libpurple, etc..
Thank Google for killing xmpp.
Last I checked Google doesn't control XMPP, it still exists, is still being developed, numerous apps us it.
I recall the early days of PC chat services like ICQ, MSN, AOL and the clients like Pigeon and Trillian to try to have them all in one place. It didn't always seem to work the best for long.
It's too bad BBM took way too long to open up to others beyond BB devices. They had some of my favorite emojis and they had for a time a big user base that they could have kept in their services.
fyi the mentioned app they're working on is already available in limited release: https://www.beeper.com/
just keep in mind that if you connect any service to it, the messages will be decrypted on Beeper's server before sent either way, so theoretically they could be reading your messages even if you send them through an e2ee service.
Speaking of, does anyone remember Rockmelt? It was a weird older browser that had all the popular chats in its sidebar where you can access them without going to each website separately. It was pretty cool until Yahoo bought it and it died instantly.
I have great news for you: check out Ferdium.