deprecation notice

README.md

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+## Note: no longer maintained!
+
+This software isn't maintained any longer. It had a good run, but I eventually decided to go back to just using official WhatsApp clients.
+
+It probably won't work any more; at the time of writing, WhatsApp were rolling out a new beta version of WhatsApp Web that supported connecting
+to WhatsApp directly without going via your phone, which is totally unsupported by this bridge. If you're reading this in ✨ the future,
+this has probably become the only remaining way of connecting to WhatsApp, rendering this code somewhat useless.
+
+The rest of the README is archived below, for posterity.
+
 # whatsxmpp
 
-[![XMPP chatroom: whatsxmpp@conf.theta.eu.org](https://inverse.chat/badge.svg?room=whatsxmpp@conf.theta.eu.org)](xmpp:whatsxmpp@conf.theta.eu.org?join)
-![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/maintenance/yes/2021.svg)
+![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/maintenance/no/2021.svg)
 
 A WhatsApp Web transport for the [Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)](https://xmpp.org/), otherwise known as Jabber. (alpha!)
 
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 **Tip:** If your client supports [XEP-0144: Roster Item Exchange](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0144.html) (Gajim on desktop is good for this), send `getroster` to the admin user
 to pop up a window where you can insert all your WhatsApp contacts in one go!
 
-## Support
-
-[![XMPP chatroom: whatsxmpp@conf.theta.eu.org](https://inverse.chat/badge.svg?room=whatsxmpp@conf.theta.eu.org)](xmpp:whatsxmpp@conf.theta.eu.org?join)
-
-Come join us in [whatsxmpp@conf.theta.eu.org](xmpp:whatsxmpp@conf.theta.eu.org?join) if you
-have questions or issues using the bridge.
-
 ## License
 
 MIT