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Heh? Have you tried solutions like Whatsapp, GroupMe, or Viber? They all work absolutely fine on both big mobile OSes, regardless of hardware. I don't see the
by Ar-Curunir 13y ago
Heh? Have you tried solutions like Whatsapp, GroupMe, or Viber? They all work absolutely fine on both big mobile OSes, regardless of hardware.
I don't see the need for absolutely open hardware for an alternative messaging system. Sure, they aren't FLOSS solutions, but they are much less closed than iMessage and are cross-platform.
- sneak 13y agoWhatsApp does not work on tablets. Its stupid auth system requires a device with a phone number.
- Ar-Curunir 13y agoFine, but Viber does, right? There are open source, secure messaging systems on the way too. My point was that you do not need open hardware to have a relatively open messaging system. Just look at IRC as an example. It might be somewhat dead now, but it certainly runs on everything now.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoOther than that, I find WhatsApp to be amazingly solid as both a one on one and group messaging app. Its why I ditched Hangouts completely. Note: Hangouts is an abomination.
- msh 13y agoNeither of these are open source...