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Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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Hah, wait, so Clubhouse is currently iPhone only? I've been hearing a lot about it but haven't been tempted to join, but now I'm learning that I couldn't even join if I wanted to??

That's been the traditional way of launching new apps—iPhone development is way easier and iPhone owners are way wealthier.

How many dozen people exist outside America? I recon atleast 2, 3 if I were generous.. probably only half of those barbarians can read...

Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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post #19
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Hah, wait, so Clubhouse is currently iPhone only? I've been hearing a lot about it but haven't been tempted to join, but now I'm learning that I couldn't even join if I wanted to??

That's been the traditional way of launching new apps—iPhone development is way easier and iPhone owners are way wealthier.

Don’t know why you’re getting down voted for stating 2 facts.

Don’t shoot the messenger.

Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's been the traditional way of launching new apps—iPhone development is way easier and iPhone owners are way wealthier.

Don’t know why you’re getting down voted for stating 2 facts. Don’t shoot the messenger.

That's not the traditional way of developing apps though, especially not now when cross platform app development is easier than native development on either platform

Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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Completely OT but might as well ask here. Does anyone know of a good replacement for Turntable.fm/Plug.dj? Social music playing/DJing experience with avatars and a chat is basically what I am after. I have a group of friends that I think might enjoy this type of thing but Turntable.fm pivoted years ago and Plug.dj, while being able to link to YouTube seems to require an API key which these non-tech folks won’t be abl…

I built https://www.JQBX.fm for this purpose. Not an exact clone but it’s my take on the “social listening” problem.

Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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post #25
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Hah, wait, so Clubhouse is currently iPhone only? I've been hearing a lot about it but haven't been tempted to join, but now I'm learning that I couldn't even join if I wanted to??

It's only for the cool people, can't have any poor android users in the exclusive clubhouse! I wonder if it was intentional or just a matter of priorisation.

> I wonder if it was intentional or just a matter of priorisation.

Find it hard to believe it wasn't intentional. The class associations with iPhone are quite strong.

Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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Hah, wait, so Clubhouse is currently iPhone only? I've been hearing a lot about it but haven't been tempted to join, but now I'm learning that I couldn't even join if I wanted to??

It requires the newest version of iOS too, it's the only app my iPhone 7 won't run.

Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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> Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android. Inspired by https://github.com/stypr/clubhouse-py.

As new hyped up social networks come along with missing things we have this. I can only see this unofficial app eventually withering away as soon as the Android app is ready. (Whenever that is)

The main concern is the private API. With this, individuals can abuse the API very easily. If the invite system is phased out, it creates an opportunity for bots to ruin the app.

Here we go again.

Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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I know this is not the same app, but it is the same service, and it's a privacy nightmare from what I gather. If you care about privacy, don't use it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/cl...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2021/02/10/clubhou...

Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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Completely OT but might as well ask here. Does anyone know of a good replacement for Turntable.fm/Plug.dj? Social music playing/DJing experience with avatars and a chat is basically what I am after. I have a group of friends that I think might enjoy this type of thing but Turntable.fm pivoted years ago and Plug.dj, while being able to link to YouTube seems to require an API key which these non-tech folks won’t be abl…

I built https://www.JQBX.fm for this purpose. Not an exact clone but it’s my take on the “social listening” problem.

Whoa, cool to see you here. JQBX powered some really fun virtual hangouts with my friends during lockdown. Thanks for building it!

Re: Unofficial Clubhouse app for Android

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Developer here in case anyone has any questions.

Repost: can I ask how you use PubNub with Agora? As in what specific thing does PubNub do to help you communicate state information that you can't do by writing to a (say firebase) backend.

They do different things. Agora is an RTC platform. PubNub is, as I understood it, a glorified websocket, which is used for realtime updates, like people joining and leaving a room. I have no idea why they chose this particular stack.
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