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Beeper (not mini) is already a company - it's an app that aggregates the various other networks friends and family insist on using. WhatsApp, FB Messenger, Tele

by corobo 3y ago

Beeper (not mini) is already a company - it's an app that aggregates the various other networks friends and family insist on using. WhatsApp, FB Messenger, Telegram, Instagram, etc. Been using it a while now, pretty good. This was a proof of concept to expand that app, it's not the entire company

gnicholas 3y ago
What's the pricing model? I would think that many people would not be potential customers because the vast majority of their networks are on a single platform (whatsapp or messages), or because they don't really care if messages live in 2 different places. I could imagine paying a one-time fee for something like this, but I assume the ongoing upkeep required would not work with such a model.
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kevincox 3y ago
I would agree if they hadn't completely redone their website to remove every reference to Beeper Cloud. They really made it look like a deprecated product, not a good alternative that won't get blocked.
- corobo 3y ago
  Oh wow aye, admittedly I've had no reason to go to their main site recently (and in hindsight should have before responding). They really went all in on marketing this eh There's always a possibility of me being wrong! It does look like a bit of a pivot doesn't it.. Good point, well made. I think I'll go double check I can still log in to my chat apps directly just in case haha
  - LelouBil 3y ago
    I mean, even if they go all in with Beeper Mini, they plan on adding all the services supported in Beeper Cloud in it. Even without iMessages, a fully local application like this would be a great product. The fact that it relied on their servers put me off of using Beeper cloud
    - corobo 3y ago
      If that's where they're going with it that's awesome, I've not been able to find that plan but I've also not looked that hard. Sweet
      - LelouBil 3y ago
        From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38531759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38531759 > Our long term vision is to build a universal chat app (https://blog.beeper.com/p/were-building-the-best-chat-app-on https://blog.beeper.com/p/were-building-the-best-chat-app-on). Over the next few months, we will be adding support for SMS/RCS, WhatsApp, Signal and 12 other chat networks into Beeper Mini. At that point, we’ll drop the `Mini` postfix. We’re also rebuilding our Beeper Desktop and iOS apps to support our new ‘client-side bridge’ architecture that preserves full end-to-end encryption. We’re also renaming our first gen apps to ‘Beeper Cloud’ to more clearly differentiate them from Beeper Mini.

by corobo 3y ago

gnicholas 3y ago

What's the pricing model? I would think that many people would not be potential customers because the vast majority of their networks are on a single platform (whatsapp or messages), or because they don't really care if messages live in 2 different places. I could imagine paying a one-time fee for something like this, but I assume the ongoing upkeep required would not work with such a model.

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kevincox 3y ago

I would agree if they hadn't completely redone their website to remove every reference to Beeper Cloud. They really made it look like a deprecated product, not a good alternative that won't get blocked.

corobo 3y ago
Oh wow aye, admittedly I've had no reason to go to their main site recently (and in hindsight should have before responding). They really went all in on marketing this eh There's always a possibility of me being wrong! It does look like a bit of a pivot doesn't it.. Good point, well made. I think I'll go double check I can still log in to my chat apps directly just in case haha
- LelouBil 3y ago
  I mean, even if they go all in with Beeper Mini, they plan on adding all the services supported in Beeper Cloud in it. Even without iMessages, a fully local application like this would be a great product. The fact that it relied on their servers put me off of using Beeper cloud
  - corobo 3y ago
    If that's where they're going with it that's awesome, I've not been able to find that plan but I've also not looked that hard. Sweet
    - LelouBil 3y ago
      From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38531759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38531759 > Our long term vision is to build a universal chat app (https://blog.beeper.com/p/were-building-the-best-chat-app-on https://blog.beeper.com/p/were-building-the-best-chat-app-on). Over the next few months, we will be adding support for SMS/RCS, WhatsApp, Signal and 12 other chat networks into Beeper Mini. At that point, we’ll drop the `Mini` postfix. We’re also rebuilding our Beeper Desktop and iOS apps to support our new ‘client-side bridge’ architecture that preserves full end-to-end encryption. We’re also renaming our first gen apps to ‘Beeper Cloud’ to more clearly differentiate them from Beeper Mini.