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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Both still exist:

https://trillian.im/

https://pidgin.im/

[–] dubs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

I think the problem is that all the other chat services that they used to connect to closed off their connection protocols. Can't serve a bunch of shitty advetisements if users aren't using your website or app.

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, and it's nice, but the network effect is a removed