What went wrong with the World

We had it. The perfect protocol for messaging — XMPP. Open, secure, decentralized. You could choose the app you liked, and I could use mine — and we’d still be able to talk. Just like email. Total freedom.

Then came Google. Then Meta. And the rest.

They walked away from that freedom. They built walls. Locked everyone into their own apps. WhatsApp, Messenger, Signal, Telegram... now your friends are scattered across different platforms. And none of them talk to each other.

You want to message me? You need my app. I want to message you? I need yours. Why? Because the big companies decided they profit more when you're locked in.

But imagine this instead:
You use any app you like. I use mine — it's called Conversations. We don’t need to have the same app. We don’t even need accounts with the same company.
And yet… we can talk. Message. Share. Stay connected.

Because it all runs on XMPP, the protocol that was built for freedom.

This is how it should be. This is how it once was. And we can have it again.

Big tech took our digital freedom. It’s time we take it back.
Move to messengers that work like email — open and connected.
Say goodbye to the locked rooms of Meta. Say hello to the world.

XMPP with Nostr, Blurt, Hive, Steemit — the future is already here.

You just have to choose it.