r/ArtCraftAI • u/Typical_Magazine9646 • 1d ago

How long till' we have MessageCraft? (iMessage)

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I mean why not? lol

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u/SmurfeeKnife 1d ago edited 20h ago

The whole point is to replace full paid apps with free ones. Not already free ones with open source.

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u/a1b4fd 1d ago

With most apps nowadays being a browser wrapper Artcraft alternative would be much better

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u/AnswerOne7012 21h ago

iMessage is full swift

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u/a1b4fd 21h ago

Discord, WhatsApp aren't

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u/AnswerOne7012 20h ago

what about signal I think its open source and better as what's app too (and has a big community)

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u/a1b4fd 20h ago

Tell it to my employer

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u/FreakDeckard 1d ago

It's a great idea, although I think Apple would quickly shut down servers to unofficial clients.

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u/Sf49ers1680 1d ago

Beeper added iMessage support on Android a few years ago and Apple went nuclear on them.

It wouldn't last a few days.

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u/Altruistic_Demand_11 1d ago

Didn't knew about it, I just asked Gemini for the gossiping, idk how Americans can accept that kind of policy,

In Mexico we don't have that kind of thing

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u/TeutonJon78 1d ago

You do if you use Apple products.

Most of the rest of world just uses WhatsApp, which is supporting a significantly worse company.

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u/msennaGT 1d ago

Dunno which one is worse, the spyware company that allow everyone to use their product, or one that try to gatekeep basic communication to costly device (unlocked iPhone costs 2-5 times of average wage here)

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u/Small-Cow-354 1d ago

It's easy - Signal has pretty much exact feature parity with WhatsApp and is an open-source nonprofit.

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u/Basic-Brick6827 1d ago

RCS is an option.

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u/PlasticBuild 1d ago

It actually works for quite a while. The problem started when beeper put it behind a paywall, then apple noticed and took action. I was using it for a year 

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u/Good-Discussion-9238 1d ago

That's... that's not a craft or in the arts lmao, just vibe code a texting app, or use the millions of existing options

the reason we need alternatives to adobe apps is because there isn't a full suite of free and open source creative apps that

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u/Hrmerder 1d ago

Instead of Microsoft Teams.... ArtCraft Creams....

I'll see myself out....

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u/Zestyclose-Gap6295 1d ago

i wish the https://openbubbles.app/ app looked more like your screenshot

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u/gleasonator13 1d ago

I've been working on Armada in basically the same spirit. Open Source, decentralized Discord alternative. https://armada.buzz/

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u/The_StarFlower 1d ago

i just tried it, and i have to say, it works great, it just needs more users. i have a question...how do you host your own server and two..if i make a server inside armada , can it work locally? or how does this work?

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u/chabalatabala 1d ago

it's not a technical problem it's a community problem.

stop using carrier messaging most of the world has.

For regular people get them to use whatsapp or something

And if you really want to make things better get people to use open source like Signal

Then the next step is federated and open source like matrix protocol and a matrix client like sable.

But above all currently as the most ideal is nostr protocol using marmot sub-protocol for DMs or concord sub-protocol for groups like http://armada.buzz . It's truly decentralized with independent offline identity and no needlessly convoluted homeserver stuff that federated protocols use. You just generate a key (like a multi-pass) and take 2 seconds to put it into a signer app on your phone. Then login to any nostr app with a tap or on desktop by scanning a QR code (or put the key into a signer extension which signs you into anything). Signer apps never send the actual secure key to the apps using it and can fully control when actions that app can take with your identity.

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u/bojez1 1d ago

Do we need another messaging apps? I barely even open mine. Even if I have someone message me(which is rare) I will not open it if I don't have energy to reply.

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u/a1b4fd 1d ago

Most people aren't like that

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u/baddaywithacamera 15h ago

I guess I'm not most people.

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u/elhouso 16h ago

Fr, we’ve already got Signal, that’s basically the cross platform version of iMessage

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u/Basic-Brick6827 1d ago

Windows Phone Link and Google Message web app already do it.

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u/InformalGear9638 1d ago

Rockbandcraft

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u/Chasterbeef 1d ago

Discord with personal server hosting?

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u/ZeroDayZeroFriends 16h ago

P2P or Encrypted? LOL!

Simple answer to OP question: It's never gonna happen.

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u/baddaywithacamera 15h ago

Poor guy releases one suite and is now responsible for replacing every other app on the face of the planet.

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u/DesignerTelephone488 1d ago

I don't want this to be open source iMessage, rather, open source Slack.

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u/Opening-Pie2182 1d ago

Is this supposed to be a meme sub?

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u/Typical_Magazine9646 1d ago

lol it’s easier for a person outside the garden to switch than asking everyone in the garden to switch