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I definitely liked it, however, since whatsapp, telegram, slack etc had joined the game with mostly proprietary protocols it looks like it just has no chance to catch up and it is very sad - I find the ability to choose a client quite important.

P.S. I have even written a plugin for - quickpurple

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protocols like aim's oscar were proprietary. it's the legal and business landscape that's changed.

Pidgin has plugins for most modern protocols:

https://pidgin.im/plugins/

Sure, I know about plugins. By catching up I rather mean features introduced by the new generation of messengers. Not that features such as like link preview are critical but I would miss them should I use pidgin again.

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