alt Hacker NewsWe need the EU to do for software what it did for device charging and require interoperability.
There used to be several 'universal' chat clients, for example Pidgin.
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bluebarbet • today at 10:56 AM
Indeed, and the IM space is a good example of an unfinished job. IMO it's high time that Brussels stepped in and picked a winning protocol, i.e. Matrix, and mandated that public bodies use it.
rantallion • today at 2:18 PM
Isn't interoperability of messaging one of the goals of the Digital Markets Act?
alphabetag675 • today at 1:53 PM
Will WebRTC be the one needed to be mandated?
mlrtime • today at 10:42 AM
Bring back ICQ!
We (Pidgin) are still around.. You may be interested in our state of the bird posts to see what we've been up to. https://discourse.imfreedom.org/tag/state-of-the-bird