Demise of Google Hangouts?

[Mark Rousell]

On 05/11/2019 22:49, Phil Smith III wrote:
>
> It’s been reported that Google is killing end-user Hangouts in 2020:
>
> https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-gets-hung-out-to-dry-in-2020-report-says/
>
>  
>
> Some of us are irritated because we just moved off of AIM. I don’t
> care which service it is, I just need it to work—my wife is housebound
> and uses it a lot to communicate with me from her PC when I’m out and
> about. (Yes, text-to-email works, but then she has to keep checking
> for responses in email; Pidgin flashes/beeps). What else are people
> using that both Pidgin on Windows and Android phones support?
>

It's frustrating, isn't it.

There are two solutions I'd recommend:

(1) Run your own XMPP server. This is not as bad as it sounds. If you
have a static IP DSL/broadband line you can run it on that perfectly
well or you can get a cheap cloud/VPS. I'd recommend Openfire as the
server software: https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/

(2) Try Delta Chat (https://delta.chat/). This is a chat app that uses
standard email as its transport medium. I must admit that I have not yet
tested it but the idea seems sound and of course won't just disappear
(yet!). There's a Delta Chat plugin for Pidgin, I see.



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Mark Rousell
 
 
 

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