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Universal Chat Application, Beeper, Will Be Available To Everyone (For Free) In A Matter Of Weeks. (blog.beeper.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by admin@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I was on the beta testing team and have been using Beeper for a little over two years now.

The convenience of having an application to house all of your chat networks is amazing.

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[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, this is very correct.

As a person who's been using said bridges as his primary form of contact for years, it's very difficult to tell people: "Hey, I'm not actually reachable on Whatsapp/Signal/Telegram, please just call me instead".

As a result, I have a backup "net phone" in one of my cupboards with each of those apps installed. If I'm dealing with a particularly stubborn person I have to use it as a fall back.

So, while I love these bridges, your comment is completely valid and anyone thinking of using them should be aware of that.

TLDR, my Matrix chats are filled with:

Person A (WA): Incoming call

Me: I don't have whatsapp, needs to be a normal call :(

Person A (WA): Ok. Calling in five minutes.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah this is especially difficult if you're dealing with people overseas who have generally bad cellular voice service. I've had to relaunch whatsapp in another profile on my phone just to answer their calls.

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. Shame that we're so reliant on shit like this.

[–] neutron@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It gets even funnier when the other person can't even distinguish between a phone call and a whatsapp voice call.

Me: I can't answer WA calls, I will call you back.

Person: What???

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, as a result I just see matrix + Tulir's bridges as a system that I've deployed just for me.

I get all my chat networks in one place, and others get to see me online on their networks of choice. Not perfect, but not the worst.

And it's leagues ahead of Trillian and the rest of those older solutions.