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0 pointskitsunesoba7y ago0 comments

XMPP’s problem isn’t that people don’t care about it. Its problem is a double whammy of having zero branding/mindspace presence and being too technical for many users to bother with.

The second point is especially big. People expect to be pointed to a singular app/site, not “choose whichever client you like”. Your average Joe just doesn’t conceptualize services as being separate from clients in the first place, and even if they did having to choose a client is a dead end.

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yo-nathan7y ago

I totally agree with that. I've good experiences recommending Quicksy[1][2] though. It makes not only account creation easy as pie, but also helps people finding their peers by their phone numbers.

Give it to your average Joes and Janes and they will just use it like any other messenger. But since it is pure XMPP, can just use any other Jabber account to chat with them. :)

I recommended it a lot the last weeks and most of my pals just use it without any hassle. At least in my bubble most of the people have besides WhatsApp also Telegram or Viber or WhatEver installed. So it's for them Quicksy is just yet another app. But this time one, which helps to get out of the walled garden. :)

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.quicksy.cli... [2] https://quicksy.im

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