It’s kind of amazing it works. I’m not clean bubble anymore.
Has anyone else tried this?
Freaking brilliant.
Imagine someone cares more about the color of their bubble than proper end-to-end encryption.
If you have an Android phone have you tried Beeper Mini
Submitted 11 months ago by phillycodehound@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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kpw@kbin.social 11 months ago
kzhe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
[deleted]kzhe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
This was badly written and passive aggresive for no reason, idk why I sent it
phillycodehound@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yea I just cancel my trial cuz I’m not going to use this I was excited to hear about it but still not going to use it. Not big enough a deal
jay9@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I thought the point of Android was that we don’t like to conform to the walled garden. Why is there such an obsession with jumping Apple’s fence? Might as well get an iPhone then
sour@kbin.social 11 months ago
because teenager
kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 11 months ago
Because receiving pictures/videos(or sending) from iPhones sucks and it's basically impossible to explain that it's a problem on their end.
dustyData@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, that’s Apple’s fault. It’s not Android’s fault that Apple has cultivated brain dead tech illiterate consumers for decades.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I don’t talk to anyone via phone messaging, let alone Apple proprietary messaging.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Good for you. I’d love to get people onto cross-platform comms. XMPP today is functional on mobile. Hell, it was ten years ago.
Why are you here again?
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Because the original post was aimed at people with Android phones
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I have. Fails to login for me.
kzhe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Same. Are you on a Micro-G based phone?
Aatube@kbin.social 11 months ago
Has anyone actually met someone in life who cares about what bubbles you blow?
Fly4aShyGuy@lemmy.one 11 months ago
I’ll repeat it ad naseum, but of course it’s not about the color of the bubble. I don’t know how this keeps getting repeated, are people really that tech illiterate on Lemmy of all places? People who care about privacy want this for sure, not to mention anyone who wants to send pics or video in a reasonable quality or not be part of subpar group chats.
It literally could mean the difference of not having to use an iPhone for someone who really cares about E2EE messaging and has mostly iPhone contacts. And inbefore “but you could use WhatsApp or Signal, etc”, well yes you can but it’s only as useful as the amount of people in your contacts who also you it. I really do personally wish Signal gained more steam, but so few use it it’s pretty much useless.
the_q@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Isn’t Google’s RCS encrypted? Apple doesn’t want to play ball though.
Aatube@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yeah. I get the importance of that, yet it’s really odd how every single article or post about this emphasizes bubble supremacy.
kzhe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yep. Teens in the US.
Aatube@kbin.social 11 months ago
I go to high school
phillycodehound@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lol green lol
kirklennon@kbin.social 11 months ago
I’m not clean bubble anymore.
I'm assuming you meant green. Are you aware that received messages on iPhone all look the same regardless of whether they're iMessages or SMS? You were gray before and you're gray now.
kzhe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yes, but the sent messages to them are blue.
kaleid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Care to elaborate?
jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 months ago
kzhe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The color that changes is the one of the sender on iMessage. If you message an iPhone user your bubbles are blue and over iMessage, and if you message an Android user your messages are green and over SMS.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Aha, now it makes sense. So an iPhone to iPhone message is blue, iPhone to Android is green.
Still don’t see what difference it makes.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 11 months ago
STFU
Eggyhead@kbin.social 11 months ago
Why do people care so much about the color of their bubbles?
bulwark@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Only Apple fanboys care. I’ve heard from them that green bubbles are for poor people. It’s kinda funny they how brainwashed some of them are.
theherk@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Only Apple fans caring seems to me a paradox. If that were the case no such Android application would exist.
ripcord@kbin.social 11 months ago
It bugs me (and is sometimes problematic which is largely why it bugs me) when messages send via SMS instead of RCS on Android too.
I know it's cool to hate on Apple though, damn sheep.
Also I'm skeptical anyone who wasn't trolling actually said it was for poor people. That sounds like something something would just say about Apple fanboys. Although if they did say that and you were in person I hope you slapped them in the face.
Eggyhead@kbin.social 11 months ago
I’ve been using iOS for 15-20 years and have never heard anyone talk about bubbles. In fact, everyone I know has a 3rd party client installed to ensure chatting acrosd platforms is easy. If someone is giving you crap about the color of a bubble you don’t actually see on Android, they probably just don’t like you and are using the bubble as an excuse. They’re not worth your time. (Or they’re just joking around.)
It’s just strange to me that Android users have such a need to fix a thing that only apple users notice, and only Apple fanboys might actually care about.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
This too.
pc486@reddthat.com 11 months ago
A friend of mine explained why it’s important to his kids: they can’t chat with a group of their friends.
Why? Because parents don’t want to install WhatsApp or other group chats due to legitimate concerns about scammers, pedophiles, and other child predators. SMS chat fills that gap, but it breaks horribly for groups bigger than 10 people. Hence if some kid is on Android, they break their chat. Given the penetration of Apple devices, it’s the kids with Android who are considered at-fault. “Just get an iPhone!”
Welcome to anticompetitive practices targeted at your children.
Xtremis77@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because people are stupid, that’s why.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
👍 Sadly, yes
Matt@lemdro.id 11 months ago
It’s not about the color. It’s about not destroying photo and video quality or breaking messages into multiple parts and sending them out of order.
Eggyhead@kbin.social 11 months ago
This Android app fixes those issues? That’s actually really impressive!
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Sigh.
Again, because it indicates the quality of the connection and degraded functionality on iPhone. It makes group chats less functional.
So to Apple users it’s an easy way to see it’s going to frustrating to deal with.
ripcord@kbin.social 11 months ago
No it's apparently everyone is stupid but Apple users are extra stupid and anyone who says otherwise is a shill
Eggyhead@kbin.social 11 months ago
Huh. When I communicate with Android friends, I just don’t use iMessage to make sure communication is solid. That’s an Apple problem as far as I’m concerned, but good on Android users for finding a way to make things a little nicer for Apple users I guess.
muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Its not thr colour its because with media that isnt apple to apple conveniently downgrades quality. Its why so many apple people believe androids have shit cameras.
Eggyhead@kbin.social 11 months ago
Why not just use a different chat app? I have like 3 installed to accommodate people from different regions.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How else are they gonna flex the phone that cost them 2 months of income?
Eggyhead@kbin.social 11 months ago
By taking excellently processed photographs and sharing them on social media. At least that’s what I’d do!