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		Jestar342 on Jan 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Google needs to build an open chat client like... We have them already. Xmpp/jabber, IRC, and even email.

rukshn on Jan 31, 2021 [–]

Yes but how many people carry an irc client on their mobile phones?

I don't feel none of the chat protocols there are ported to mobile well enough, unless they use some modification to make them centralised.

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