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		nicoco on July 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signal: You were the chosen one [video] You can easily block any XMPP address you want. Why are you spreading FUD like this?

zaik on July 27, 2022 [–]

It's not entirely unfounded since, by the virtue of openness, it's much easier to create new XMPP addressed than WhatsApp accounts.

However I doubt this is the reason why the most popular messengers do not comply with the XMPP standard today.

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