It’s a marketing and publicity stunt, kinda like Nothing’s fiasco with the Sunbird app. The goal is to get people talking about them and come out looking like the good guy underdog vs Apple. To be fair their plan is probably working judging by how many people are jumping out in front of Beeper and condemning “Big Apple”, even though Apple is just doing what any service provider should be doing.
surprised_pikachu_face.png.jpg
Why do you think it’s more complicated than a yes or no?
E2EE means it’s End-to-End Encrypted. If it’s decrypted at any point during transit then it’s by definition not E2EE and Beeper shouldn’t be making that claim.
What size?
Galaxy Tab A series are budget tablets that can do the job. If you want more powerful and bigger you can go with the S7/8 FE series. S6 lite is another option but it’s running out of Android updates.
PSA: this feature requires you to opt-in to sending the names of apps on your phone to the developer. You cannot enable the feature without agreeing to send this data.
But this article is in fact completely, irrevocably, tastelessly flat.
WhatsApp is E2EE but it is run by Meta, so YMMV.
This tells me Nothing really doesn’t understand the human nature behind the whole “blue bubble / green bubble” deal - it’s stupid, don’t get me wrong, but it’s about status and exclusivity.
Trying to “fake it” stinks of desperation and will just bring the user more ridicule. Just embrace the green bubble and move on.
I’m kinda surprised another company hasn’t made something to legit compete with iMessage yet
WhatsApp, FB Messager, Telegram? RCS is also a legitimate competitor.
The blocker isn’t the tech, it’s Apple’s control of the ecosystem and iMessage’s integration to SMS on iOS / macOS. I’d imagine if Apple provides an option for user to “switch default SMS app” to a 3rd party one, there’d be no reason why any one of the above wouldn’t see a huge uplift.
By the way, the iMessage domination thing only really applies to North America. Rest of the world lives and breathes WhatsApp, WeChat, FB Messager etc.
Saving is optional - you don’t have to save a photo to be able to browse it. And yes, browsing it will take some storage space as well since the app has to download, cache and render the image somehow but that’s true for any device and just the way it works.
if you upload one from phone+tablet+computer or some other combo of devices,
How and when does that even happen?
Google Files app has a feature to identify and delete duplicates from the same device. Very handy.
Separate terms to tell different things apart, I’m not sure what’s there to disagree about. It’s literally in the name, Android Open Source Project lol.
As a distinction AOSP vs Android is as important as Chromium vs Chrome. It is much more than semantics, it is literally the difference between an open-source project vs not.
Fact is if you present the de-Googled AOSP to regular users, they’d think it’s a broken experience without all the Google apps and services that people come to expect - Maps, Mail, Calendar etc. Drivers and device specifics firmware are also a big part of the foundational Android user experience. So to call Android = AOSP = open source is a mass simplification and definitely hand-waving away the reality of how each system operates and the whole point of open source projects.
If so much of the core Android experience is proprietary-dependent, can you really say Android itself is FOSS? Might as well call the non-proprietary, open-source parts something else… Like… Android Open Source Project (AOSP)?
It’s basically an OPPO clone now. Oxygen OS is effectively ColorOS re-marketed. Unless you’re chill with Chinese phones and software I would stay far far away.
Even back then OnePlus was sketch as hell. Remember their “ladies, take a pretty selfie and win an OnePlus” campaign?
Friends don’t let friends buy OnePlus, but you’re not my friends so knock yourselves out.
Joplin is my daily driver. Although the interface isn’t nearly as polished as the others, it’s feature-packed and the fact that you can E2E encrypt means you are essentially free to use any cloud provider to sync. Safe to store sensitive personal info as well. Been running solid for 2+ years.
But they get you to cry on their terms. How much is agency worth as a human being - more or less than the hourly wage?
No, but it’s not really the point of this video.