The best software doesn’t need to be trusted because it’s open source and self-hosted.
I haven’t looked into this in a while but I believe the current Beeper app only allows you to use Beeper servers, and is not open source, so for that reason, I say no.
The previous “Beeper Cloud” was open source and you could theoretically self host it and run it on your own server. Probably still can.
I stopped using it for a completely different reason:
Its intended to do something that the services it uses DO NOT want you doing. For that reason, they make it intentionally difficult to do. Apple demonstrated this really well when they predictably “patched” the iMessage loophole PyPush found. You’ll be logged out constantly, there are constant bugs caused by server-side changes, and your accounts will be flagged for “automated activity”.
Any convenience it’s supposed to give you is just negated by these complications.
The best software doesn’t need to be trusted because it’s open source and self-hosted.
I haven’t looked into this in a while but I believe the current Beeper app only allows you to use Beeper servers, and is not open source, so for that reason, I say no.
The previous “Beeper Cloud” was open source and you could theoretically self host it and run it on your own server. Probably still can.
I stopped using it for a completely different reason:
Its intended to do something that the services it uses DO NOT want you doing. For that reason, they make it intentionally difficult to do. Apple demonstrated this really well when they predictably “patched” the iMessage loophole PyPush found. You’ll be logged out constantly, there are constant bugs caused by server-side changes, and your accounts will be flagged for “automated activity”.
Any convenience it’s supposed to give you is just negated by these complications.
Also it was acquired by Automattic a while back, which is, on it’s own, a great reason to avoid it.