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by 0xdky
1961 days ago
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This looks very similar to the Android eco system suffering from fragmentation. It has become impossible to ensure updates across OEMs and this could be affecting some of the feature work - in the name of compatibility. With Apple owning the spec and implementation and with no fragmentation, they can move very fast. As long as there is no authority to mandate certain communication protocols (messaging, email, video) during certification, unified messaging unfortunately will remain a dream. |
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This is not entirely true anymore, with Google pushing for Project Treble and Generic System Images. I am angry at them for not worrying about this (or mainline kernel support) in the early days of Android, but the fact is the situation has much improved already.
> As long as there is no authority to mandate certain communication protocols
Established authorities have been using Jabber/XMPP for years (though mostly not free-software solutions), and the french State has recently settled for Matrix's Element who received an extensive security audit for the occasion.
I believe it's also possible to advance an ecosystem without authority. That's what compliance suites/checkers have been doing over the years: TLS testers, DKIM checkers, and more recently in the Jabber/XMPP ecosystem the Conversations and XMPP Compliance Suites have really helped guide the ecosystem forward.
Simply outlining what's done right and what's done wrong for specific usecases helps end-users make a choice in their clients/servers, and guides sysadmins/developers in making things right when they want to.