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by oofbey 368 days ago
Presence is the key problem. It scales badly - in terms of compute, bandwidth, and battery. And it's not actually useful. Lose lose. Solution: don't use XMPP.
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opan 368 days ago
Matrix had similar problems and most servers just disable presence. Can XMPP not do this?
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SoftTalker 368 days ago
Who GAF about presence. If the person answers, they're there.
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