Empathy default in F12?

[Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell gmail com>]

The F12 feature still indicates the switch to Empathy as a default IM
client in Fedora.

However, the talk page for the feature
(https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Features/Empathy) raises material
concerns that the switch to Empathy would result in an insufficiently
justified loss of functionality.

Where does this currently stand?