YSK about corporations' strategies to kill open source protocols - eviltoast

Why YSK: If we want to keep the Fediverse in the hands of its users and prevent “enshittification” (search it), it’s good to know how corporations kill grassroots projects like this.

I saw this in another thread on /c/Showerthoughts. I think it’s important for this to be circulated widely so that the broader Fediverse community is aligned. We don’t want admins second-guessing their decisions when users start infighting. We should be united in our thinking and ready to protect our platform.

  • exscape@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It was “just” a bunch of clients in one though, AFAIK it couldn’t connect people from different protocols.
    Pidgin still exists; I used it probably 20 years back on Linux.

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      Ahh, I recall using Pidgin, too. I think i ended up favoring it over Trillian. I already had accounts on all the services, so it worked out. I guess thinking about it, if only basic chat was supported, it may not have been terrible supporting everything