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by zaik 1789 days ago
> Practical decentralization, where you can talk to your friend that uses a different provider?

Yes. You can find some lists of servers participating in the federation here: https://xmpp.org/getting-started/

It's just that XMPP providers are not required to participate in the federation. Sadly, large instances like WhatsApp choose not to.