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by RenderedCarrot 5y ago
The “dignity” part applies less to Apple’s Messages, and more to using ad-funded software where you are the product being “monetized” and manipulated. I find that repulsive and degrading. Messages and Tact come from the same place in that b
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by RenderedCarrot 5y ago
Thank you, good observations. Yes, we have designed and built the system in a way that can be sustainable with a reasonably small investment or number of paying users. It’s very intentional to not have pressure for quick growth and “monetiz
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by RenderedCarrot 5y ago
Thank you for the idea. We haven’t yet built “share a link to directly join a group” but it fits well with the vision and we’ll do it, just didn’t make the initial public beta scope.
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by RenderedCarrot 5y ago
At the end of the day, it goes back to a very simple question - what is the basic business model, and how does money move? Who is paying for what, and what are the true incentives? I believe that Apple’s true incentive is to sell their own
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by RenderedCarrot 5y ago
Note also that we don’t provide a way to discover other users. This means that you can only connect with people with whom you already have a connection through some other real-life or online channel. This is also my answer to the validation
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by RenderedCarrot 5y ago
Thank you for this clarification. I have updated the language of that section to not use “provably correct” term.
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by RenderedCarrot 5y ago
Yes. We fully embrace the iCloud/CloudKit security model. All chats live in the private database of the owner, and are shared with others through the iCloud sharing facilities and the shared database. And yes, while it all goes back to
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by RenderedCarrot 5y ago
As one of the Tact makers, here’s a bit of backstory. Many years ago, me and a group of friends worked at Skype where we also designed the original Skype chat, among other things. We’ve kept in touch after leaving, and kept trying out diffe
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by RenderedCarrot 5y ago
Thank you for these comments. Won’t shoot the messenger, that is a valid viewpoint. As one of the makers of Tact, I’ll say that we have mountains of writing on the site on this, which we haven’t really condensed into short bulletproof messa
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Show HN: Tact – A simple chat app for iOS, iPadOS and macOS(justtact.com)
69 points by RenderedCarrot 5y ago|52 comments
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A Tool That Lets Designers Tweak iPhone Apps Without Code(wired.com)
1 points by RenderedCarrot 12y ago|0 comments
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Hone public demo now available(blog.hone.tools)
1 points by RenderedCarrot 12y ago|0 comments