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by radicalbyte 2248 days ago
They've clearly learnt from Microsoft.

Is Hangouts even a thing? I still see people pop-up in the Hangout chat section of gmail, I occasionally message people but never get replies. So it's either broken or I'm being ignored :)

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It's still a thing for people that started using it when it was the latest Google chat product. It may be surprising but people just want stable chat experience not chasing whatever next product Google releases or kills next year.

(I did migrate my family and friends to self hosted XMPP server as Hangouts doesn't have E2EE)