[dartos]

> You can't send someone a URL to a message and have them be able to open it in any web browser without additional software

You actually can with discord and with certain matrix clients as well.

The clients for those protocols are built on top of web technologies, even if the protocols may not be.

That would discount IRC from being part of the web though.

[treyd]

I am well aware that it's possible to have a link to a discord/matrix message, but it only works if you're already a member of the group and you download the custom software client.