But that’s also true for American companies.

As a European, I trust them as much as I trust Chinese ones.

Fun fact, Google Talk and Facebook used to be compatible with XMPP.

Pidgin is a client, not a specific protocol.

And they’re not going to leave WhatsApp for Sup? either. All I’m saying is we’ve had an alternative for decades, even before WA was created, we don’t need another one, we need the one we already have to have more success.

People act like we need an alternative to Whatsapp but XMPP/Jabber exists and is much older.

Most of the time, the issue is indeed the oven. Sure, you can mess up your dough (or worst, use store bought one) but the culprit is likely not the innocent pizza itself.

Power consumption, if you care about that.

No. But neither are the US and I don’t think they ever were. For now, I’d say the EU are the less bad of the biggest (EU, Russia, China, India, and the US) but even we aren’t the good guys.

Not everything should be for profit. I 'member the good old days when people made poorly designed website to share their passion and help others. I 'member the good old days when people developed freewares, even proprietary softwares, just for the fun of it.