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Written by Ricós on 2025-01-10 at 18:22

Beeper is "a universal messaging app that lets you chat with anyone on any chat app, including WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram and 12 other networks"

It was acquired by Automattic https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/

Since I don't know that company, I'll #askfedi : Are these people 3 techbros in a trenchcoat? are they alright? will they feed me to an AI or blockchain me to some bullshit?

I'd really, really like to use Whatsapp as little as possible. Thank you

[#]askfediverse #matrix #software

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Written by Ted Gould on 2025-01-10 at 18:27

@enriquericos I've been using Beeper since before they were acquired by Automatic, and I've been happy with it. I do use it for Whatsapp specifically. Their business plan is to provide basic features for free, with a paid "pro" tier in the future.

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Written by Scimmia di Mare on 2025-01-11 at 09:20

@ted @enriquericos good Android app, awful Windows app

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Written by Ted Gould on 2025-01-11 at 16:27

@Madmonkey @enriquericos yeah, they have a new desktop app in the works and I don't know why they don't just ship it. Can't be worse than the desktop app now. It is feeling really old at this point.

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Written by Ricós on 2025-01-11 at 16:41

@ted @Madmonkey After reading half the drama surrounding that company, I decided against trusting them.

Take a look at the replies I got, it's... I don't know, I'm very disillusioned with technology these days.

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Toot

Written by Ted Gould on 2025-01-11 at 17:05

@enriquericos @Madmonkey I get that, Automatic has been doing some weird stuff lately. I haven't seen them do anything user hostile yet, but their behavior has become more erratic than I'd like.

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Written by Ricós on 2025-01-11 at 17:30

@ted @Madmonkey "Yet" being the key word here, it looks that sooner or later I would regret trusting them. Not that I trust WhatsApp, I just need to use it, but I'd rather add tools I really enjoy and support.

BTW, I'm following and rooting for Inkscape's CMYK development, I'm really hoping it'll allow a lot of print graphic designers (we still exist) to finally ditch Adobe and even switch to Linux.

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Written by Ted Gould on 2025-01-11 at 17:40

@enriquericos @Madmonkey awesome, there are quite a few. You should follow @doctormo as he is the one primarily working on that.

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