Android @lemdro.id Blaze @lemmy.zip 4 mo. ago

Beeper brings back Android Auto support, improves search, more

9to5google.com Beeper brings back Android Auto support, improves search, more

Beeper has updated its app with support for Android Auto notifications, restoring the functionality from the original app.

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The entire point of this app was compatibility with iChat. Now that Apple is making it compatible with RCS, what's the point?
- No it wasnt the point of beeper, its compatible with 15 chat apps, not just imessage, also, rcs sucks
  
  Whatever you say.
Frankly, who cares?

I'm not ragging on you, blaze, it's a good post :)

I'm ragging on what used to be beeper. It was a kinda sketchy good idea, then they blew their wad, and now it's a joke.
- It's not a joke. I use it for most of my messaging needs. Text, WhatsApp, RCS, discord. You name. One app for all messaging.
  
  Agreed, its awesome, plus its built on matrix so you can host your own bridges, server, and use any matrix client (or mix&match)
  
  Eh, automattic jumped into bed selling access to "ai" companies and screwed the pooch with it.
  
  That's a pretty big red flag. Perhaps joke wasn't the best choice of words. Unacceptable unknown risks would be a better way of describing the issue.
- How did they blow their wad?
  
  USA users think Beeper was meant just for I message, so by dropping support for that, they "blew their wad". On the contrary, Beeper is going even stronger now that they stopped messing with Apple's antics.
  
  Going all in vs apple.
  
  At the time it was all going on, it seemed insane to basically be baiting one of the biggest companies in the world. And it was, except that then beeper got sold, and the guy running it got a cushy new job out of it.
  
  In my mind, either that was the plan from the start, to go big and make a splash to make beeper valuable enough to sell, or the guy running it went all in way too soon, with no good plan for the inevitable crackdown. I err on the side of someone making an error of judgement rather than intentionally screwing up what they built, and they blew their wad.
- It's a disappointment indeed

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