Google Voice - still working - and its 16 May 2014
mykmayk:
Quote from: gderf on June 05, 2014, 12:35:09 pm
Google never declared the end of Google Voice.
tru dat. they just said "Google announced the end of support for XMPP based calling".... only the support is ending. but google voice itself lives on. "if something breaks on XMPP, you're on your own" is how i read that statement
InetUser:
Quote from: onepolarbear on June 05, 2014, 12:16:17 pm
When Google declared May 15 to be the date of execution for Google Voice ...
Google never declared any changes for Google Voice users. The only public statement from Google was made on Oct 31, 2013 by a Google Voice employee:
https://plus.google.com/+NikhylSinghal/posts/MjyncJEbzxK
which stated:
"a few third-party applications that provide calling and SMS services by making unauthorized use of Google Voice" ... "must stop making unauthorized use of Google Voice to run their services and transition users by May 15, 2014."
It was Obihai, not Google, that stated "Google announced the end of support for XMPP based calling with Google Voice. This will happen on May 15, 2014".
Google still hasn't made any public announcement that Google Voice is going to stop working as it currently does.
onepolarbear:
Quote from: InetUser on June 05, 2014, 12:47:47 pm
"a few third-party applications that provide calling and SMS services by making unauthorized use of Google Voice" ... "must stop making unauthorized use of Google Voice to run their services and transition users by May 15, 2014."
let's face it, Obihai was the biggest offender. (plus we the users) Guilty as charged?
InetUser:
Quote from: onepolarbear on June 05, 2014, 01:13:02 pm
Quote from: InetUser on June 05, 2014, 12:47:47 pm
"a few third-party applications that provide calling and SMS services by making unauthorized use of Google Voice" ... "must stop making unauthorized use of Google Voice to run their services and transition users by May 15, 2014."
let's face it, Obihai was the biggest offender. (plus we the users) Guilty as charged?
That may very well be true, but what does that have to do with why Google Voice is still working via XMPP?
Most likely, Google Voice is still working via XMPP because Google never publicly stated it would stop working on May 15, 2014 (or any other date). If Google were going to make any significant changes to Google Voice, such as disabling XMPP, most would expect them to make a public announcement, which they have not.
vadr:
I guess, Google accomplished what they wanted to accomplish by issuing the warning to the "offenders" to stop "unsafe use", so now they can say they made their best effort to stop it. Probably this is important for some government bs, for example making sure that everybody has access to 911.
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