Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>One thing that really pisses me off personally is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regression</span></a> in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a>. </p><p>My personal distaste and dislike for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">¹</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114865723904157014" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">²</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a>, etc. aside: </p><ul><li><p><em>WHY</em> is there no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrossProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrossProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> to handle that shite?</p></li><li><p><em>WHY</em> does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApp</span></a> that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> they can??</p></li></ul><p>This problem ain't new and <em>already got <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862619013462466" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">solved for corporate social media</a> ages ago!</em> (Not to mention actually good messengers!) </p><ul><li><p>And no, <a href="https://toots.ch/@dalai/114862754556459439" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">bridges</a> <em><a href="https://swecyb.com/@troed/114862774972645542" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">don't</a> count</em>! </p></li><li><p>I mean <code>API 0</code> - <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685423773959519" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">style</a> access because obviously <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685414638522984" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">none of the platforms</a> will <em>allow, endorse or support such an endeavour</em> and <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685441496803574" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>actively fight the developers and users</em></a> !</p></li></ul><p>So yeah, consider this a call for a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gajim</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gajim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gajim</span></a> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pidgin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pidgin</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pidgin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pidgin</span></a> <em>for garbage platforms!</em></p><ul><li><p>Cuz back in the day we had <em>way worse messengers</em> yet people actually made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSN</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> work just fine from one single <em>"phat" client</em>!</p></li><li><p>Can we please get that back?</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/api0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>api0</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>