• nicoweio@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It has become better, though.

    • Multi-device (without your primary device needing an internet connection)
    • Deleting messages
    • Editing messages
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    • Larger file uploads…
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          1 year ago

          Regarding security, yes. Other than that, Beeper allows you to centralize all kinds of messaging apps into one pretty nice (and open-source AFAIK) UI. Currently using it for all my hardly-used communication channels.

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          1 year ago

          … The comparison, here, is WhatsApp, so

          Besides, surprisingly people like cross-device sync even if they happen to not have access to their old devices

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      1 year ago

      Have they fixed the problem where you have to use your phone number as your ID?

      Cos that’s what’s stopping me signing up. I refuse to use my phone number as my ID for a service that isn’t actually carried over SMS or phone calls.

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        WhatsApp and Telegram become this big, including less recognized Signal, because they use phone numbers.

        It won’t be changed, ever.

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        1 year ago

        I’m not old enough to remember XMPP first-hand, so allow me to ask what functionality you mean. Do you mean to imply a fediverse, where whatsapp.com is merely an instance, such as lemmy.world is here?