With simple messager selling out & qksms no longer being actively worked on. What’s our options for open source sms messagers?

Should I dedicate time to learning flutter and building my own or does anyone know any cool foss projects working on this issue?

      •  Jomn   ( @Jomn@jlai.lu ) 
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        2 years ago

        You don’t x)

        More seriously, in these cases, I often rely on emails instead. But I don’t really use group chats a lot (even with my contacts that are on Signal), nor send many files, so it’s not features I really miss. And SMS works with everyone, so it’s always my default if the contact isn’t on Signal.

        •  smeg   ( @smeg@feddit.uk ) 
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          2 years ago

          Blimey, you and I have wildly different use cases, I don’t think I’ve sent an email to someone who wasn’t a business for decades!

      •  nymwit   ( @nymwit@lemm.ee ) 
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        2 years ago

        Group chats work over SMS. I use cloud links for large files or just SMS/MMS for pictures and you just live with the low quality if texting with an iPhone user.

        •  smeg   ( @smeg@feddit.uk ) 
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          2 years ago

          SMS doesn’t have group chats does it? Unless your client is just sending the same message to everyone and grouping together the responses?

          •  nymwit   ( @nymwit@lemm.ee ) 
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            2 years ago

            I mean, maybe? I’ve used group texts with every sms client on every android smartphone I’ve ever used. Don’t know how it works on the backend.

      •  apis   ( @apis@beehaw.org ) 
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        It has never occurred to me to do either of those things, and apparently hasn’t to anyone I’m in contact with either.

        Though I don’t use group chats or send files in Signal either, so there’s that.