Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by b8 on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @07:38PM
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The fee and requiring account signup are a dealbreaker. Hopefully someone will create a FLOSS alternative.
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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by jmprspret on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @08:16PM
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AirMessage is open source (and quite old, unsure if its maintained). It requires a Mac computer to run some kind of forwarding software however.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by tamu_nerd on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @09:03PM
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BlueBubbles is the new hotness I believe.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @09:30PM
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Why are people so godawful cheap that they demand so much labor from others for free? I'd gladly pay for this, it's hella cheaper than me having to switch from Android to iPhone.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by colinsane on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @01:24AM
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there are FLOSS alternatives: jabber/XMPP (or arguably Matrix, etc)
okay, i sound snarky: but how is this aligned at all with FLOSS projects/communities/ideals? how/why would a FOSS project tie itself to a network run by a company that’s going to constantly be trying to kill their implementation? both the users and the devs would be constantly fed up with the breakages: you solve that either with open protocols or by paying somebody to do the dirty work of defending against Apple.