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  • Why is JSON better than XML? It’s more modern, sure, but from technical perspective it is not objectively better right? Not something worth switching protocols for.

    XML is unnecessarily complicated. By trying to cram everything into the spec, it’s cumbersome and hard to parse.

    You mention XMPP has transports as opposed to Matrix bridges. I thought they give you roughly the same outcome. What’s the difference?

    The goal is the same, but the way they archive that is different. For transport to work, you need an account on each platform you are using the transport on. It relays the messages through that account by mimicking the client. While bridges work by relaying the messages between rooms and not specific users.

    My understanding is limited, so if you are interested, please do your own research.


  • Google killed XMPP momentum. And while Matrix has many issues it needs to figure out, especially the development being almost exclusively supported by a for-profit company, they seem to slowly (very slowly) work towards more independence.

    Matrix did some things right. Going with JSON spec instead of XML, having Element as uniform cross-platform client, offering bridges as a way to stay connected with your family and friends without needing to convince them to move (XMPP offers transports, but they function entirely differently) and offering end-to-end encryption by default.

    XMPP in true open source fashion doesn’t have any uniformity from user perspective. Different ways to do the same thing on different clients, different clients on different platforms. That is a benefit for a savvy tech nerd, but it’s a huge inconvenience for a non-techie family member or friend.





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    8 months ago

    Context matters.

    Most people who use “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” use it as a plea for peace - not violence. But ignorant and hateful politicians just ignore the context as it doesn’t fit their narrative.

    You probably were banned due to linking the article that had the quote that called for peace in the first line.

    “We won’t rest until we have justice, until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea can live in peaceful liberty,” said Andy McDonald, a Labour MP, at a protest in London organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

    Like I said, peace doesn’t fit most people’s narrative.

    Israel has their own phrase “between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty” which can have different meanings depending on the context, yet nobody has a problem with that.