W mejlu rozsyłanym do użytkowników Riseup informuje, że wyłączą swoją usługę XMPP już w sierpni tego roku. Decyzję motywują chęcią przeznaczenia zasobów poświęcanych temu rozwiązaniu na bardziej popularne rozwiązania. Zachęcają też do paru alternatyw (Matrix, Signal, Delta chat) w celu utrzymania posiadanych na Jabberze kontaktów.

Treść mejla;

Hello, we are writing to you to inform you about our plans to deprecate our XMPP service (also known as Jabber) in August 2021. The reason for this is because we need to focus our resources on our more actively used services. We urge you to look up for alternatives so you can stay in touch with your contacts.

I use this, what do I need to know?

Sadly, migrating away from an XMPP service to another is not easy task.
You will need to create an account in another XMPP server and re-add
your contacts into your new account... Or manually define with them
other ways of contacting.

Are there other alternatives? How do I migrate?

There are different alternatives according to your needs. The simpler
one is switching from XMPP provider and re-adding your contacts, but
there are other options today that can be better according to your use.

• Matrix: Is a federated system very similar to XMPP, you or your
  organization can run your own server if you want to where everybody
  connects. The main clients have support for end-to-end encrypted
  communications.
• Signal: Is a very known end-to-end encrypted communication that relies
  on mobile phones to work. Your contacts need to know your phone number,
  but unlike other communication solutions your metadata has stronger
  protections than other systems.
• DeltaChat: Uses your e-mail account + OpenPGP to encrypt messages. It
  should be the easiest solution to migrate to.

What you pick up depends on your needs, you will need to actually
coordinate with your contacts to use an alternative.

But why?!

We have a couple of problems with XMPP, the most important one is that
our labor resources are limited and we need to prioritize services that
more people relying on. Also, the past several years have brought new
alternatives which do similar work, while providing important features
which XMPP does not have..

Can you please keep it?

Sorry, no. You are welcome to run your own server, if you wish to.