Sunbird's and Beeper's iMessage solution is a bandaid with a short shelf life. Apple's future plans make theses businesses unsustainable.

No need to ban what will, by default, become an unsustainable business model.

  • KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    I prefer Beeper because I don’t need multiple other chat apps installed and grabbing my data.

    Yes, you have to trust Beeper.

    I personally found it when I was forced to use WhatsApp with my landlord, and refuse to install any meta apps on my phone. I’ve since linked Telegram and Discord.

    Not to mention many of those apps require permissions to work, but I can easily deny them on Beeper and Beeper doesn’t care.

      • KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.caEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        I’d rather they have my messages vs WhatsApp, Discord, Telegram, etc. all having individual access to my photos, location, all of my phone sensor data, etc.

        Like I said, many apps refuse to work properly if you deny them permissions, but Beeper doesn’t.

          • KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.caEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            It’s just easier to use a single app. I don’t use any of the services I mention to send any private info. Like I said in a different reply, Telegram is for unraid notifications, WhatsApp is for my landlord to yell at me, and Discord is public servers.

            All already public info or basic alerts. I’d prefer just not having a bunch of apps installed.