Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse?

Re:Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse? by seanwilson on Saturday October 26, 2019 @03:16AM (#21362235)

> SMS on Android is stuck on your phone.

Have you tried Googling about this? See https://messages.android.com/ (SMS) and https://web.whatsapp.com/ (WhatsApp) if you want to message from your computer. They've been around for ages.

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Re:Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse? by ohazi on Saturday October 26, 2019 @03:24AM (#21362265)

I use both of these, but I think they're stupid.

I don't want some harebrained sync-to-browser-by-routing-through-my-phone-after-scanning-a-QR-code scheme that breaks whenever my phone is offline, or when I need to borrow a computer, or when I'm in a different country... I want a bog-standard client-server architecture with a fully featured client on my phone, desktop, and browser.

Everybody did this in the 90s, it's not hard... why has it gone out of style?

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Re:Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse? by petre on Saturday October 26, 2019 @03:42AM (#21362335)

Wire does that and works better than Signal most of the time. You can also create an account using your e-mail address, no need to supply your phone number.

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Re:Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse? by einpoklum on Saturday October 26, 2019 @04:09AM (#21362436)

> works better than Signal most of the time

Not in my experience. YMMV.

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Re:Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse? by pieterhg on Saturday October 26, 2019 @03:50AM (#21362355)

Try Telegram

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