Bye bye BetterSlack

#1

Post by g3rv4 » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 4:00 PM UTC

Re: Bye bye BetterSlack

#2

Post by danmg » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 5:16 PM UTC

Slack has really jumped the shark. Between this and their cutting off their IRC gateway, I don't really see the point of using it. You can't be openly hostile to people who create "hacks" like this if you're claiming to be a communication medium for "hackers."

Re: Bye bye BetterSlack

#3

Post by degenerate » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 6:56 PM UTC

So it lasted 3 days?

https://g3rv4.com/2018/08/betterslack

From that post:

> I may build an Electron app that patches the Electron app… so far, that’s what makes the most sense to me. But we’ll see.

Even if this was against the ToS, could it be stopped? I didn't know one Electron app could target the other.

Re: Bye bye BetterSlack

#4

Post by ProAm » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 6:58 PM UTC

It's a shame because Slack is so painful. Reminds me of Twitter fighting 3rd party clients.

Re: Bye bye BetterSlack

#5

Post by Sir_Cmpwn » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 6:58 PM UTC

Folks, use IRC, XMPP, Matrix, etc. Using proprietary protocols is dumb.

Re: Bye bye BetterSlack

#6

Post by gandreani » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 6:58 PM UTC

danmg wrote: post #2

Slack has really jumped the shark. Between this and their cutting off their IRC gateway, I don't really see the point of using it. You can't be openly hostile to people who create "hacks" like this if you're claiming to be a communication medium for "hackers."

Slack is no longer for "hackers". It's mainstream now. My company of 500 with only 30 devs uses it.

These are power moves by Slack. They want to have greater control over the communication medium and presentation

If you thought they were ever going to support extensions of their IRC gateway for long, then you misunderstood their product and who their market was or rather who their market became

Re: Bye bye BetterSlack

#7

Post by comesee » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 7:00 PM UTC

I dont see any legal reason why you can't publish the extension under a different name. Your extension is under no legal obligation to follow their acceptable use policy, only the users that use your extension.

Re: Bye bye BetterSlack

#8

Post by neonate » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 7:01 PM UTC

degenerate wrote: post #3

So it lasted 3 days? https://g3rv4.com/2018/08/betterslack From that post: > I may build an Electron app that patches the Electron app… so far, that’s what makes the most sense to me. But we’ll see. Even if this was against the ToS, could it be stopped? I didn't know one Electron app could target the other.

Maybe the "legal team" saw it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17850932.

Re: Bye bye BetterSlack

#9

Post by g3rv4 » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 7:02 PM UTC

degenerate wrote: post #3

So it lasted 3 days? https://g3rv4.com/2018/08/betterslack From that post: > I may build an Electron app that patches the Electron app… so far, that’s what makes the most sense to me. But we’ll see. Even if this was against the ToS, could it be stopped? I didn't know one Electron app could target the other.

no, it can't be stopped technically. But I know I don't want to mess with them.

Re: Bye bye BetterSlack

#10

Post by g3rv4 » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 7:02 PM UTC

neonate wrote: post #8

degenerate wrote: post #3

So it lasted 3 days? https://g3rv4.com/2018/08/betterslack From that post: > I may build an Electron app that patches the Electron app… so far, that’s what makes the most sense to me. But we’ll see. Even if this was against the ToS, could it be stopped? I didn't know one Electron app could target the other.

Maybe the "legal team" saw it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17850932 .

probably... I certainly didn't want to hide anything