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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I needed to use multiple messaging apps for different people

Beeper is a lifesaver: https://www.beeper.com/

You can self-host if you prefer: https://github.com/beeper/self-host

[–] Shoresy 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well this is interesting. I hadn't heard of Beeper before. Many years ago I used Trillion (I think it was) as a chat aggregator. It fell apart pretty quickly, but Beeper looks promising. I signed up for their wait-list. We'll see what happens.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Trillian. It's named after a character in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A bunch of Matrix bridges on one platform, with some extra funding. It looks cool, but isn't lifechanging. It is designed to (hopefully) make it easier to use, but if you don't care, you can set up the bridges yourself on your own matrix server.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised it's possible to talk to most of those services without having access to trade secrets. I guess you can get that info from reverse engineering the clients, but I'd expect that approach to be very brittle and possibly subject to legal action.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Signed up for the waitlist. Thank you!