…ccc.de/…/3e0a51f5-f60a-4a90-a78a-3a311c6ffe41 here the author explains why and it all sounds like a bucket of bullshit
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solrize@lemmy.world 2 months agoI get that IRC is old school and encryption is important. My question is why the program has to keep changing. If the task is simple enough, there shouldn’t be incompetible changes required if there are new versions at all.
oldfart@lemm.ee 2 months ago
solrize@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thanks, I might try to watch some of that.
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
With new possibilities due to new tech user demands rise, too. People asked for features like group or video chats or coupled devices (not trivial with E2EE) and since good companies listen, they developed those and still do.
Also, I don’t think there’s a single IRC client still in use that hasn’t been updated since the 80s. I wouldn’t be surprised if your favorite client got an update in the last couple of months - and that despite it being a trivial protocol.