I have not found any news article on this on a whim. Because my friends and family, I need to use Facebook Messenger, and Messenger Lite was a OK client - lightweight, no unnecessary features, etc., compared to the regular Messenger app.
Now I’m a little torn, having a Meta app on my phone is already bad, but having to downgrade to the bloated Messenger app? Not sure I will make a change. What are your thoughts?
I signed up for this month’s ago and I’m still not in. Every time I log into the app to check my waitlist, I’m some random number in the 3000s, and not always lower than last time. Why is this do you know?
I’ve never heard of beeper, but it sounds pretty inaccessible from what your saying. Is there something that makes it worth it? Or is it just another messaging app that nobody I need to speak with is using?
Just signed up myself, about 40k in line it seems. Sounds like reinventing Trillian/Gaim/Pidgin/etc…
It’s a modern take on the Pidgin concept. Pidgin ran locally on one computer and didn’t sync anything between any of your other Pidgin installs. Also, your login details for every account were usually in plaintext on disk. In practice, it feels
Beeper (really Matrix + bridges) is a network service that you can access with a browser, mobile app, whatever.
Yep, didn’t mean it to sound like I was putting it down. Sounds like a cool concept.
I believe Beeper is Matrix under the hood. They have just made it more accessible with a new interface and pre-installed bridges.
looks to be the opposite. it seems to take existing msg apps and bring them all under one app interface. whatsapp, Facebook msg, SMS, telegram. etc
Genuinely I just found an invite code from Google. Once you’re in the app is pretty much as advertised.
If you’re technically savvy, it looks like you could self-host the application. https://github.com/beeper/self-host
I’ll take a look, cheers. Got an Raspberry Pi lying about somewhere I could use
This is what I did, took a bit to get it configured but works great once your up and running.
How long have you been running it so far? Any issues?
A few months for the Facebook and Instagram bridges and I just setup the Google messages Bridge last week.
I was in the wait list for only 20 days, according to the email when I got in. No idea why I got in so fast but others have been waiting months.
I signed up when it was first announced over a year ago. As of a couple months ago I still hadn’t gotten approved. I signed up again and within a couple days I got approved. You should try signing up again.
