Re: Demise of Google Hangouts?

2019-11-07 Thread Eugene Grosbein
06.11.2019 5:49, Phil Smith III wrote: > It’s been reported that Google is killing end-user Hangouts in 2020: > > https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-gets-hung-out-to-dry-in-2020-report-says/ > > > > Some of us are irritated because we just moved off of AIM. I don’t care which >

RE: Demise of Google Hangouts?

2019-11-07 Thread David Balažic
@pidgin.im] On Behalf Of Mark Rousell Sent: 6. November 2019 10:32 To: support@pidgin.im Subject: Re: Demise of Google Hangouts? On 05/11/2019 22:49, Phil Smith III wrote: It’s been reported that Google is killing end-user Hangouts in 2020: https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-gets-hung-out-to-d

Re: Demise of Google Hangouts?

2019-11-06 Thread Eugene Grosbein
07.11.2019 0:17, Phil Smith III wrote: > Eugene Grosbein wrote: >> Why don't you use any free nearby IRC server? > > That's an interesting idea. My first reaction was "I'm not sure my wife would > like it", but I suppose thru Pidgin it won't "feel" any different to her. I'm > certainly fine

RE: Demise of Google Hangouts?

2019-11-06 Thread Phil Smith III
Eugene Grosbein wrote: > Why don't you use any free nearby IRC server? That's an interesting idea. My first reaction was "I'm not sure my wife would like it", but I suppose thru Pidgin it won't "feel" any different to her. I'm certainly fine with IRC (I used The Relay on BITNET in the early

Re: Demise of Google Hangouts?

2019-11-06 Thread Eugene Grosbein
06.11.2019 5:49, Phil Smith III wrote: > It’s been reported that Google is killing end-user Hangouts in 2020: > > https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-gets-hung-out-to-dry-in-2020-report-says/ > > > > Some of us are irritated because we just moved off of AIM. I don’t care which >

Re: Demise of Google Hangouts?

2019-11-06 Thread Mark Rousell
On 05/11/2019 22:49, Phil Smith III wrote: > > It’s been reported that Google is killing end-user Hangouts in 2020: > > https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-gets-hung-out-to-dry-in-2020-report-says/ > > > > Some of us are irritated because we just moved off of AIM. I don’t > care which

Re: Demise of Google Hangouts?

2019-11-05 Thread Wade Smart
I finally dropped pidgin - not because of it but because all the useful services are making it so difficult. I have several small businesses and I used Google(multiple accounts), fb, yahoo and aim.. and they are all crap now. Companies wanting to close their IM so they can push ads and other

Demise of Google Hangouts?

2019-11-05 Thread Phil Smith III
It's been reported that Google is killing end-user Hangouts in 2020: https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-gets-hung-out-to-dry-in-2020-report-says/ Some of us are irritated because we just moved off of AIM. I don't care which service it is, I just need it to work-my wife is housebound