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Universal Chat Application, Beeper, Will Be Available To Everyone (For Free) In A Matter Of Weeks.(blog.beeper.com)

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I was on the beta testing team and have been using Beeper for a little over two years now.

The convenience of having an application to house all of your chat networks is amazing.

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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgOP
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I’ll take the risk knowing what I know about the Beeper people that I’ve been working with for over two years.

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NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social
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“I know these guys, trust me” is not a valid security assessment.

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Irina@beehaw.org
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If you know the team, then that’s a pretty good reason to trust them. Only works if you know the team, though.

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jarfil@beehaw.org
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That’s fine… for you, right now.

But I (and probably most users) don’t know them, over time people come and go, some even change who they are, businesses get sold. Only open source persists.

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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgOP
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Thankfully all of the Matrix bridges they created for Beeper are open source.

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jarfil@beehaw.org
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Ok, ok, I get it… but I’m still wary of a business model based on closed clients. Guess we’ll see how it goes.

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Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Sounds reasonable to me

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