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There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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• A new Android app called Beeper Mini allows users to send iMessages as blue bubbles from non-Apple devices.

• Beeper Mini bypasses traditional iMessage hacks by directly sending iMessages from Android devices.

• The app has been praised for its smooth functionality, sending messages seamlessly between Android and iPhone users.

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[+] db2@sopuli.xyz -8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If they'd sent a link instead of the video itself you'd have seen the whole thing though.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which is more convenient?

And this is 2023, why shouldn't I be able to just send a video straight to another person if they're the only one seeing it?

I don't support big grey making that decision for me

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're missing my point, but it looks like you're not the only one. Your friend should have sent it differently.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean you just missed your chance at clarifying said point in the very comment I'm about to respond to.

Try again?

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah I'm good. I'm not getting paid to be your tech support here, if you're not going to pay enough attention to understand plain English that's on you.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's cool silly, at least I'm able to write cogent statements.

Original statement was

It's not the color of the bubble. It's the downgraded chat experience: grainy pictures, pixelated videos, and no E2EE.

Our kid was at a sleepover, recently. We got a video of all the kids playing together, but because it wasn't iPhone to iPhone the video was a low resolution pixelated mess.

All you said was a half-coherent statement about sending a link instead, to which I attempted to respond. Now you can't handle getting called out for having spaghetti for neural pathways, and here we are. Let me know if I need to buy you some crayons for further explanation.

Good luck in life, looks like you'll need it 🤭

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And blocked. I sincerely hope you're not teaching those kids to behave as poorly as you do.

[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you block someone for winning an argument against you, you usually shouldn't announce it for the world to see.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz -1 points 11 months ago

I blocked them for being a dick. Here, let me show you.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

The funny thing is MMS is effectively a link.

When you send an MMS, it's uploaded to a server via http where a link is generated. Then the link is sent to the other phone, where the MMS service retrieves the file via that link. We just don't see it happening.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes, but iPhone people are typically pretty tough to convince. The "it just works" branding is so strong that they think any flaw must be in the non-iPhone user.