Heyhey everyone,
I am going to switch from my Synapse instance (back) to Continuwuity in a month. The main reason I’ve been using it is to chat with family who are only on Whatsapp and iMessage (Yes, I tried getting them someplace else. Whatsapp ended up being that other place). Though I’m also in groups on other Matrix instances.
The main annoyances I had with using the bridge until now are:
- I need to open the app every two weeks on my second phone (which tends to get lost when I need it).
- The time my server went out for a couple of days also made me unsure of self hosting a bridge. I don’t mind if I can’t see some support messages for a couple of days, but I do mind not being able to get texts from family.
Compared to just using the app it’s a difficult proposition. But on the other hand I don’t have anything proprietary installed on my phone and I’d like to keep it that way if possible.
There is technically a third option by hosting an iMessage bridge, but I don’t have a spare Mac. And while my second phone is an iPhone, there is no documentation on how to bridge via a 64-bit iPhone. In this case however, there would be no two weeks access requirement.
I’d love to hear you guys’ thoughts and maybe some other way to tackle this!
Cheers!
i have Whatsapp in a frozen shelter to starts it every two weeks.
recently i was thinking to have a second home server just for bridges, you should be able to use it federated. but didn’t try it yet.
main point for me was the sheer amount of ghost users.