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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 tamimio »

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…

Personally, few years ago I wanted to use kde connect with my iPhone, and I don’t remember the distro now but it’s when I had to install kde connect later it wasn’t part of it, and after almost a whole day of googling around and trying to compile and solve whatever missing libraries or drivers, it never connected.. so yeah I welcome the fact that there are alternatives, always!

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

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Post by abcd_f »

voakbasda wrote: post #6

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.

Have a look at https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice and iOS backup projects that are based on it.

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

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Post by LinuxIsntVeryGo »

voakbasda wrote: post #6

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.

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

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Post by cassianoleal »

LinuxIsntVeryGo wrote: post #13
voakbasda wrote: post #6

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.

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They don't have to add support. All they need is APIs and documentation.

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

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Post by LinuxIsntVeryGo »

kees99 wrote: post #5
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.

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

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Post by voakbasda »

LinuxIsntVeryGo wrote: post #13
voakbasda wrote: post #6

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.

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Because they provide a platform. Platforms are not normal products. Once a product becomes a platform, the rules should change to force interoperability. This should be true no matter the product or technology.

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

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Post by voakbasda »

abcd_f wrote: post #12
voakbasda wrote: post #6

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.

Have a look at https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice and iOS backup projects that are based on it.

Over the years, I have tried to make that solution work, but it never ever went smoothly.

Maybe it’s time to try it again, but it’s an arms race from what I remember. Apple just keeps changing things; if you’re on the latest iOS version, it was unlikely to work. Has that changed?

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