[jackewiehose]

Being "pissed" is about the phone number requirement which is just a political decision and not about budget.

> If you're so motivated, can even build something for them in open source

No, as far as I know they don't allow alternative clients (at least on their servers). Of course that is their right but IMHO still a dick move (again nothing to do with budget) and we are stuck with the official client. Open source is nice but with this limitation it has lost the biggest advantage.