Beeper acquired by Automattic
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Beeper acquired by Automattic
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Re: Beeper acquired by Automattic
#2I really like Beeper, and congrats to them for getting acquired, but my first reaction is "aw damn how long until the parts I love about Beeper get incredible journey'd away".
The new android app is really good, the desktop app has always been a step up from other Element apps I've used (it is a distant fork, these days), I don't have iMessage, but it works great with Matrix and Signal and WhatsApp a ton of other "rarely used" apps I have.
Re: Beeper acquired by Automattic
#3Kind of surprising, 1- because Automatic is known for wordpress, what's the play with messaging? 2- They apparently acquired texts.com as well so clearly an area they are interested in.
I also would prefer not to see consolidation but also I imagine it's hard to make money on this kind of product so maybe that drove the decision to merge?
Re: Beeper acquired by Automattic
#4I hope they don't change the pricing after this. I've been using Beeper for a few years now.
Re: Beeper acquired by Automattic
#5I wonder if the plan is to merge Beeper and Texts.com.
They both look verify similar in their features. Maybe texts.com for the Apple Ecosystem and Beeper for the Android one ?
After all, Beeper just released their new version of the app for Android.
Re: Beeper acquired by Automattic
#6I hope they don't change the pricing after this. I've been using Beeper for a few years now.
I’m not familiar with their business model - what value are you getting by paying for a messaging app?
Re: Beeper acquired by Automattic
#7Smart of Beeper to accept an acquisition/exit as soon as possible before their product gets further eroded by non-public APIs they're reliant on. Tough to build a business where at any time your product can get wiped out by Apple/Meta.
Re: Beeper acquired by Automattic
#8I wonder if the plan is to merge Beeper and Texts.com. They both look verify similar in their features. Maybe texts.com for the Apple Ecosystem and Beeper for the Android one ? After all, Beeper just released their new version of the app for Android.
Beeper is cross platform. They have an app for iOS and Mac.
Re: Beeper acquired by Automattic
#9I hope they don't change the pricing after this. I've been using Beeper for a few years now.
I’m not familiar with their business model - what value are you getting by paying for a messaging app?
Not having to use multiple messaging apps. Some people would pay for this convenience. i.e They support several messaging apps so I don't have to tell peopl thag I don't use WhatsApp now.
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