The deal, which was for $125 million according to sources close to the matter, is Automattic's second acquisition of a cross-platform messaging solution.
that sounds pretty cool. is that an integration that could easily be implemented by other messaging platforms, or something proprietary to Beeper? meaning, could other platforms do this, but they just don’t want to so you’ll only use their platform?
Matrix is a opensource, decentralized protocol for encrypted messaging. You can host your own server or use your server of choice (generally matrix.org server) and there are many clients for nearly all platforms (there are webapps as well)
I personally have never tested beeper, so I can’t give you a reason review but I have an account at a friends matrix server. I mostly use element as the client, but there is as well fluffyChat which invests more in design and less in features.
From what I heard, running the server yourself isn’t that trivial according to my friend, but I’m positive that you would work it out with some time
The bridges beeper uses to interact with other services are opensource as well
dope thanks! most people i text with use iMessage so until they play nicely with these servers, I probably won’t be making the move. so i guess never haha.
I use it to bridge Whatsapp, SMS, signal, and to receive any incoming messages on my inactive Instagram and Facebook Messenger accounts ( sometimes people contact me there). It’s a pretty nice client app, I use it on desktop too. I guess I never think about iMessage until I see reactions coming in as text haha
that sounds pretty cool. is that an integration that could easily be implemented by other messaging platforms, or something proprietary to Beeper? meaning, could other platforms do this, but they just don’t want to so you’ll only use their platform?
Matrix is a opensource, decentralized protocol for encrypted messaging. You can host your own server or use your server of choice (generally matrix.org server) and there are many clients for nearly all platforms (there are webapps as well)
I personally have never tested beeper, so I can’t give you a reason review but I have an account at a friends matrix server. I mostly use element as the client, but there is as well fluffyChat which invests more in design and less in features.
From what I heard, running the server yourself isn’t that trivial according to my friend, but I’m positive that you would work it out with some time
The bridges beeper uses to interact with other services are opensource as well
dope thanks! most people i text with use iMessage so until they play nicely with these servers, I probably won’t be making the move. so i guess never haha.
I use it to bridge Whatsapp, SMS, signal, and to receive any incoming messages on my inactive Instagram and Facebook Messenger accounts ( sometimes people contact me there). It’s a pretty nice client app, I use it on desktop too. I guess I never think about iMessage until I see reactions coming in as text haha
That’s pretty sweet. Don’t have to rangle so many apps. Maybe if I used WhatsApp more like when I travel it would make sense for me.