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by spike021 2988 days ago
On one hand it's actually a fairly reasonable API. Imagine using third-party AIM clients a decade or more ago. Same kind of thing.
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ex3ndr 2988 days ago
They never provided ability to send messages. This is a useless thing for AIM clients.
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simcop2387 2988 days ago
You used to be able to connect to facebook messenger via XMPP. Combined with this permission, it would have let you retrieve historical messages and add persistence among alternative clients.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9266769

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spike021 2988 days ago
Actually they did. I used the old OSX iChat to message with friends on FB.

Other third party applications had that ability as well.

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