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		mattmcknight on March 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Talk Is Being Discontinued standard complaint was that it was a battery killer.

aerique on March 25, 2017 [–]

As far as I know, XMPP is still being developed further. The guy who wrote the Android Conversations (.im?) app is on HN and says it is a serious option for phones now.

(Except it costs money so most of my WhatsApp contacts will not switch.)

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