Libpurple had constant breakage due to proprietary apps having no incentive to keep their protocols stable. A lot of it worked easier then since no one was using e2ee either. Newer gateways exist in the space but it’s a real shame since for a brief time the earlier 2010s, most chat applications were using the same protocol—until they realized it’s harder to capture profits when the garden walls are lowered.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i miss when using the internet gave you ptsd because of the actual things that you saw, rather than the software that you were using.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've only recently threatened to take my own life due to spam. Never thought that'd be my 13th reason.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

gotta love the internet, only the best, for the worst, and the worst for the best.

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Try Matrix bridges or Beeper

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I miss pidgin so much. I tried to use it the other day with Discord and it was terrible. So God-awful.