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Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux

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Re: Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

I don't know.

What's a feature not in KDE connect that the writer wanted and it didn't have?

They could always submit a pr.

Beeper exists you know....

I have a question. It's fine to build for your own self but is it okay to release something in public when the environment is a moving target and you are just a one-man team keeping it afloat?

Wouldn't it be better to go behind established FOSS products and not reinvent the wheel when you don't have to?

I understand no one can tell you how to or why to do certain things but there comes a time, when youw want to help, not build the next temple os and instead help manjaro or whatever is cool these days?

Re: Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux

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Post by utopiah »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #3

I don't know. What's a feature not in KDE connect that the writer wanted and it didn't have? They could always submit a pr. Beeper exists you know.... I have a question. It's fine to build for your own self but is it okay to release something in public when the environment is a moving target and you are just a one-man team keeping it afloat? Wouldn't it be better to go behind established FOSS products and not reinven…

Glad you brought that up, I was actually going to suggest not to replace KDE Connect but rather to become interoperable with it because AFAIR (but didn't touch an iPhone for few years now) there is no iOS client for it.

Re: Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux

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Post by kees99 »

pzmarzly wrote: post #2

> Personally, I think putting an interoperability protocol implementation behind a copyleft license is a little unfortunate! Huh, haven't thought of it. Just relicensed ancs4linux to MIT.

Isn't this[0] the use-case that is supposedly covered by LGPL?

[0] copyleft-licensed library that could be legally linked into non-copyleft code base.

Re: Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux

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Post by voakbasda »

Mega-kudos to the author for chipping away at the wall around Apple’s garden.

I have had a iPhone for 15 years, and I have only ever been able to back it up with iTunes on windows (as I will never buy a Mac).

Apple’s refusal to provide interoperability borders on criminal. I wish there was a better option.

Re: Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux

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Post by cassianoleal »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #3

I don't know. What's a feature not in KDE connect that the writer wanted and it didn't have? They could always submit a pr. Beeper exists you know.... I have a question. It's fine to build for your own self but is it okay to release something in public when the environment is a moving target and you are just a one-man team keeping it afloat? Wouldn't it be better to go behind established FOSS products and not reinven…

I find KDE Connect severely lacking. It's great that it exists, and maybe it's really excellent with Android, but for iOS it's really not there yet.

Even features that do exist don't always work reliably. I can't send files between devices, most of the time clipboard sharing doesn't work either, and there's loads not implemented.

> What's a feature not in KDE connect that the writer wanted and it didn't have?

From TFA:

"And Tether now supports: iMessage, SMS, Notifications, Contact sync on Linux. In addition to its previous: File Transfer, Clipboard Sync, OTP handling."

> Wouldn't it be better to go behind established FOSS products and not reinvent the wheel when you don't have to?

From TFA:

"Before you ask, I know KDE Connect exists. It's great! If you're on Android you should definitely use it. The problem is that it didn't do what I wanted and it's roadmap indicated it never would."

Maybe next time read the article before commenting?

Re: Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux

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Post by voakbasda »

pzmarzly wrote: post #2

> Personally, I think putting an interoperability protocol implementation behind a copyleft license is a little unfortunate! Huh, haven't thought of it. Just relicensed ancs4linux to MIT.

I love HN. Read an article that raises a reasonable point about a project’s license, and that project’s author shows up to announce they were convinced and changed the license accordingly. Repo was updated 5 minutes ago.

It’s things like this that give me hope for the world.

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