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brygphilomena@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

They dropped the native sms integration. IMO, that was the best tool for adoption. Make it seamless for people to move over from their native SMS messenger and people will use it. Going full closed, only signal to signal, meant I needed to use multiple messaging apps for different people. And I had to remember who is on which. It’s been a headache.

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asap@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I needed to use multiple messaging apps for different people

Beeper is a lifesaver: www.beeper.com

You can self-host if you prefer: github.com/beeper/self-host

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- Shoresy@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well this is interesting. I hadn’t heard of Beeper before. Many years ago I used Trillion (I think it was) as a chat aggregator. It fell apart pretty quickly, but Beeper looks promising. I signed up for their wait-list. We’ll see what happens.
  
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  - lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Trillian. It’s named after a character in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
    
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- lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What sorcery is this?
  
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  - Calcium5332@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    A bunch of Matrix bridges on one platform, with some extra funding. It looks cool, but isn’t lifechanging. It is designed to (hopefully) make it easier to use, but if you don’t care, you can set up the bridges yourself on your own matrix server.
    
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    lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m surprised it’s possible to talk to most of those services without having access to trade secrets. I guess you can get that info from reverse engineering the clients, but I’d expect that approach to be very brittle and possibly subject to legal action.
    
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- rivalary@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Signed up for the waitlist. Thank you!
  
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lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

They dropped the native sms integration. IMO, that was the best tool for adoption.

Depends on the market. In Europe SMS has become a separate, mostly read-only medium. We use it as a sort of notification channel for doctor appointments, due bills, online tickets, payment confirmations etc. Mixing this channel into a general purpose messenger app would actually hurt its adoption IMO.

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topinambour_rex@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
A friend used it. Once he didnt had data. He only got his sms notifications as soon he got data back. It was an interesting feature, but seems a bit bugged to me.

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