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?

  • Unsustainable
    23·
    1 year ago

    You can use Beeper to replace all your communication apps. That way you only have to install one app, and you don’t have to have Meta installed.

    • Notnotmike@beehaw.orgEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      It sounds like a too good to be true situation. Definitely an interesting concept though. Sounds like they use remote servers to connect to the third-party apps using your credentials and then transcribe the messages using the Matrix protocol to the app. Source here and snippet below

      Beeper consists of two main components:

      • A client app that runs on your devices.
      • A web service run by Beeper.

      … Beeper’s web service consists of a Matrix homeserver and infrastructure to run open source bridges that connect to 15 different chat networks.

      Currently free but also will be a Plus version eventually rolling out, according to the FAQ

      For now, everyone has access to all the features of Beeper Plus for free. At some point in 2023, we will begin charging $5-10 per month for Beeper Plus.

      Also, no humor is lost on the fact that it is dangerously close to Wuph from The Office…

      • bananahammock@lemmy.ca
        3·
        1 year ago

        I signed up for beeper, but realized you can self host a matrix server that uses the same bridges between these chat services.

        I was skeptical at first, but it’s been super solid and refreshing to have a single chat app for everything.

    • smeeps@feddit.uk
      9·
      1 year ago

      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?

      • Ragincloo@lemmy.one
        3·
        1 year ago

        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?

        • banjoman05@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Just signed up myself, about 40k in line it seems. Sounds like reinventing Trillian/Gaim/Pidgin/etc…

          • steltek@lemm.ee
            4·
            1 year ago

            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.

      • Unsustainable
        1·
        1 year ago

        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.

      • Duchess@yiffit.net
        1·
        1 year ago

        Genuinely I just found an invite code from Google. Once you’re in the app is pretty much as advertised.

      • LiiTheBaddie@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        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.