I’m not old enough to remember XMPP first-hand, so allow me to ask what functionality you mean.
Do you mean to imply a fediverse, where whatsapp.com is merely an instance, such as lemmy.world is here?
Regarding security, yes. Other than that, Beeper allows you to centralize all kinds of messaging apps into one pretty nice (and open-source AFAIK) UI. Currently using it for all my hardly-used communication channels.
It has become better, though.
Have they fixed the problem where you have to use your phone number as your ID?
Cos that’s what’s stopping me signing up. I refuse to use my phone number as my ID for a service that isn’t actually carried over SMS or phone calls.
WhatsApp and Telegram become this big, including less recognized Signal, because they use phone numbers.
It won’t be changed, ever.
WhatsApp functionality is closer and closer to functionality of XMPP 10 years ago.
Maybe after another 10 years they finally adopt nickname@whatsapp.com function.
I’m not old enough to remember XMPP first-hand, so allow me to ask what functionality you mean. Do you mean to imply a fediverse, where whatsapp.com is merely an instance, such as lemmy.world is here?
Telegram is better in pretty much every way, and has been for almost a decade
Messaging Apps are only as good as whatever Apps most people use.
Regarding security, yes. Other than that, Beeper allows you to centralize all kinds of messaging apps into one pretty nice (and open-source AFAIK) UI. Currently using it for all my hardly-used communication channels.
telegram isn’t even e2ee, why would anyone recommend it.
… The comparison, here, is WhatsApp, so
Besides, surprisingly people like cross-device sync even if they happen to not have access to their old devices
Telegram’s frontend apps*