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Beeper is a really cool idea by some cool people (people behind the Pebble smartwatch) but I've resisted using it for fear of bans. I don't want my Slack/Discor

Beeper is a really cool idea by some cool people (people behind the Pebble smartwatch) but I've resisted using it for fear of bans. I don't want my Slack/Discord/Instagram/AppleId/etc to get banned for using something not allowed under the terms of service. How are people who use Beeper dealing with this? Are you just using dummy/test accounts that you don't care about or are you just rolling the dice. I would like to live in a world where I could use Beeper without worry but I don't feel like we currently live in that world. Am I wrong?

ChaseT 3y ago
I've used Beeper for about a year with Facebook, Signal, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and iMessage. Instagram signs me out once a month or so for security suspicions, but I just reconfirm my account with 2FA. Other than that, no issues.
quantumsequoia 3y ago
Beeper mini does not require an apple account so there's not much harm Apple can do
yellow_lead 3y ago
Since they've been on waitlist-mode for several years, it's not currently easy to try out in any case.
- Brajeshwar 3y ago
  Invite: https://refer.beeper.com/7Wh0gt https://refer.beeper.com/7Wh0gt
  - Melatonic 3y ago
    Says invalid - maybe used already ?
- nusl 3y ago
  They’ve opened invites from existing users
chatmasta 3y ago
If you have an Apple account, why are you even using Beeper? I guess it might have some advantages for convenience (multiplexing chat apps), but is that the main selling point right now? I'd imagine the target market is Android users who want to talk to people on Apple Messages. So they can just create a new Apple account, right? (Isn't that kinda hard anyway, though? You need to tie it to billing, etc.) And if that gets banned, who cares? It's not like they were using it for anything else anyway.
- chefandy 3y ago
  An Apple account isn't particularly useful for messaging without an Apple device to message people with.
- joshstrange 3y ago
  I'm more interested in the multiplexing aspect, yes I'm iOS/macOS so I don't care about the iMessage aspect alone though I'd love to pull all my chats into 1 extendable app.
- altintx 3y ago
  I sit in front of my work laptop which is signed into my work apple account. My iPhone is signed into my personal Apple account. I cannot iMessage from the keyboard because they won't play together. I've been using Cloud Beeper since early summer, and it makes the two apple systems play nice together. I also have a Windows machine signed in to it, but that's a nice to have.
  - chatmasta 3y ago
    Wait, how does this work? Is it using Handoff and sending from your phone, or Beeper is just a GUI and you've extracted a token from your personal phone to use with Beeper on your work device? Btw, this is mostly unrelated, but do you work for a large company? I'd assume most security teams would have a problem with a setup like this.
    - altintx 3y ago
gaws 3y ago
> I would like to live in a world where I could use Beeper without worry but I don't feel like we currently live in that world. Am I wrong? I've been using Beeper for close to six months, and it's been a dream.
nusl 3y ago
I’ve been using Beeper as my main chat client for multiple years and haven’t had any issues with account blocks or bans on any of their supported platforms. I have Discord, Signal, WhatsApp, iMessage, and LinkedIn connected. There are technical issues at times but they are well communicated and usually resolved pretty quickly.

ChaseT 3y ago

I've used Beeper for about a year with Facebook, Signal, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and iMessage. Instagram signs me out once a month or so for security suspicions, but I just reconfirm my account with 2FA. Other than that, no issues.

quantumsequoia 3y ago

Beeper mini does not require an apple account so there's not much harm Apple can do

yellow_lead 3y ago

Since they've been on waitlist-mode for several years, it's not currently easy to try out in any case.

Brajeshwar 3y ago
Invite: https://refer.beeper.com/7Wh0gt https://refer.beeper.com/7Wh0gt
- Melatonic 3y ago
  Says invalid - maybe used already ?
nusl 3y ago
They’ve opened invites from existing users

chatmasta 3y ago

If you have an Apple account, why are you even using Beeper? I guess it might have some advantages for convenience (multiplexing chat apps), but is that the main selling point right now? I'd imagine the target market is Android users who want to talk to people on Apple Messages. So they can just create a new Apple account, right? (Isn't that kinda hard anyway, though? You need to tie it to billing, etc.) And if that gets banned, who cares? It's not like they were using it for anything else anyway.

chefandy 3y ago
An Apple account isn't particularly useful for messaging without an Apple device to message people with.
joshstrange 3y ago
I'm more interested in the multiplexing aspect, yes I'm iOS/macOS so I don't care about the iMessage aspect alone though I'd love to pull all my chats into 1 extendable app.
altintx 3y ago
I sit in front of my work laptop which is signed into my work apple account. My iPhone is signed into my personal Apple account. I cannot iMessage from the keyboard because they won't play together. I've been using Cloud Beeper since early summer, and it makes the two apple systems play nice together. I also have a Windows machine signed in to it, but that's a nice to have.
- chatmasta 3y ago
  Wait, how does this work? Is it using Handoff and sending from your phone, or Beeper is just a GUI and you've extracted a token from your personal phone to use with Beeper on your work device? Btw, this is mostly unrelated, but do you work for a large company? I'd assume most security teams would have a problem with a setup like this.
  - altintx 3y ago

gaws 3y ago

> I would like to live in a world where I could use Beeper without worry but I don't feel like we currently live in that world. Am I wrong? I've been using Beeper for close to six months, and it's been a dream.

nusl 3y ago

I’ve been using Beeper as my main chat client for multiple years and haven’t had any issues with account blocks or bans on any of their supported platforms. I have Discord, Signal, WhatsApp, iMessage, and LinkedIn connected. There are technical issues at times but they are well communicated and usually resolved pretty quickly.