stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 9 months agoHow Mastodon made friends with Metawww.platformer.newsexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down112file-text
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Founder Eugen Rochko on helping Threads federate, dodging venture capital, and why he hopes Bluesky abandons its protocol
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoReminds me of the time Facebook adopted another open protocol (XMPP), got lots of people using it, and then shut down their gateways to the open network.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months agoThat was Google. Facebook did use XMPP but never advertised it.
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-29 months agoIt was both of them. I didn’t mention Google because this article is about Facebook/Meta.
Reminds me of the time Facebook adopted another open protocol (XMPP), got lots of people using it, and then shut down their gateways to the open network.
That was Google. Facebook did use XMPP but never advertised it.
It was both of them. I didn’t mention Google because this article is about Facebook/Meta.