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I setup a BlueBubbles server on a spare Mac and I installed the BlueBubbles App. Boom. iMessages on Android. Done. Messaging is already extremely fragmented. B

I setup a BlueBubbles server on a spare Mac and I installed the BlueBubbles App. Boom. iMessages on Android. Done. Messaging is already extremely fragmented. BB is only the eighth messaging app on my phone. Considering getting on Beeper to consolodate this madness. Matrix/Element was too rough to utilize as is. Almost everyone I text with is on iMessage in the US. 95% or more of my regular contacts. Many are often outspoken about their cult like allegiance to iMessage. Finally some respect. The look on their face when I send them an iMessage from my Galaxy is priceless. Now, nearly all of the SMS messages I get are spam. Google Messages and the phone companies are pathetic at stopping them.

GekkePrutser 4y ago
Yeah and there's also mautrix-imessage for those wanting to use element. I know it's rough setting up but there's a really great ansible playbook that makes it easy to maintain. I really love having all my messaging consolidated and not having all those privacy-invasive apps on my phone. Having my chats all in one big database is another boon. The playbook doesn't support mautrix-imessage but that's because that needs to be run on macOS.
- navanchauhan 4y ago
  mautrix-imessage is actually developed by Beeper. iirc they just send you a jailbroken iPhone if you subscribe to them (as far as I can remember)
  - GekkePrutser 4y ago
    Yes, tulir works for beeper. But I think they stopped doing that iPhone thing, and if you use iOS there are less features available: https://github.com/mautrix/imessage/blob/master/ROADMAP.md https://github.com/mautrix/imessage/blob/master/ROADMAP.md . A Mac with SIP disabled is now the recommended method (apparently this can be a VM too!) That iPhone thing was something they did in the beginning, before they used the name Beeper, I forget the name they used. I like the idea of Beeper but self-hosting is important to me, so I use the ansible playbook instead. For hosted services there's also Element One by the way, though that doesn't include the iMessage bridge.
mr_toad 4y ago
> The look on their face when I send them an iMessage from my Galaxy is priceless. Well, technically it was relayed through your Mac. Not sure how many Galaxy users have Macs to send message through, so I’m not sure it’s a workable solution for most.
- googlryas 4y ago
  Probably many, since macs are the most popular laptop/desktop computers, and many people have one.
  - DennisAleynikov 4y ago
    I wanna live in the world where what you said is true!
thomasahle 4y ago
Can this be done without setting up a private Mac server?
- navanchauhan 4y ago
  You don't have to setup on a dedicated Mac server. You could also use a jailbroken iPhone / iPod touch
  - DennisAleynikov 4y ago
    At that point just make a hackintosh VM and run it from there. Why even buy apples stuff if you're not gonna use it.
    - aembleton 4y ago
      It'd probably consume less power, and as you'd have to leave this on 24/7, that is worth considering.
carabiner 4y ago
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- dymk 4y ago
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alphabetting 4y ago
I have not had this experience. Google Messages has been incredible at stopping spam for me. Android is best in class on calls as well. I was seeing memes about car warranties and looked it up. Apparently a big problem with spam calls. Haven't seen a spam call on my pixels in years. All filtered into the ether.

GekkePrutser 4y ago

Yeah and there's also mautrix-imessage for those wanting to use element. I know it's rough setting up but there's a really great ansible playbook that makes it easy to maintain. I really love having all my messaging consolidated and not having all those privacy-invasive apps on my phone. Having my chats all in one big database is another boon. The playbook doesn't support mautrix-imessage but that's because that needs to be run on macOS.

navanchauhan 4y ago
mautrix-imessage is actually developed by Beeper. iirc they just send you a jailbroken iPhone if you subscribe to them (as far as I can remember)
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Yes, tulir works for beeper. But I think they stopped doing that iPhone thing, and if you use iOS there are less features available: https://github.com/mautrix/imessage/blob/master/ROADMAP.md https://github.com/mautrix/imessage/blob/master/ROADMAP.md . A Mac with SIP disabled is now the recommended method (apparently this can be a VM too!) That iPhone thing was something they did in the beginning, before they used the name Beeper, I forget the name they used. I like the idea of Beeper but self-hosting is important to me, so I use the ansible playbook instead. For hosted services there's also Element One by the way, though that doesn't include the iMessage bridge.

mr_toad 4y ago

> The look on their face when I send them an iMessage from my Galaxy is priceless. Well, technically it was relayed through your Mac. Not sure how many Galaxy users have Macs to send message through, so I’m not sure it’s a workable solution for most.

googlryas 4y ago
Probably many, since macs are the most popular laptop/desktop computers, and many people have one.
- DennisAleynikov 4y ago
  I wanna live in the world where what you said is true!

thomasahle 4y ago

Can this be done without setting up a private Mac server?

navanchauhan 4y ago
You don't have to setup on a dedicated Mac server. You could also use a jailbroken iPhone / iPod touch
- DennisAleynikov 4y ago
  At that point just make a hackintosh VM and run it from there. Why even buy apples stuff if you're not gonna use it.
  - aembleton 4y ago
    It'd probably consume less power, and as you'd have to leave this on 24/7, that is worth considering.

carabiner 4y ago

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dymk 4y ago
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alphabetting 4y ago

I have not had this experience. Google Messages has been incredible at stopping spam for me. Android is best in class on calls as well. I was seeing memes about car warranties and looked it up. Apparently a big problem with spam calls. Haven't seen a spam call on my pixels in years. All filtered into the ether.