@dansup the point is that it usually gets confusing when two pieces of software in the same area of interest share the same name. It is a poor branding strategy and tends to show you didn’t think this through.
@dansup > iMessage functions exclusively on Apple platforms
Thanks but no thanks.
The iMessage protocol is based on the Apple Push Notification service (APNs)—a proprietary, binary protocol.
No, really.
Apple’s directory of iMessage public keys, Apple Push Notification service (APNs) addresses, and phone numbers and email addresses that are used to look up the keys and device addresses
@dpwiz@dansup i don’t think sup meant they would reimplement apples iMessage and limitations… I think they meant they would make a great fedi based messaging experience, or did i get that wrong?
@ngons@dansup Of course. But the message reads really weird this way.
I’d have to jump through the mental gymnastics hoops to get to the core message of “bringing the warm fuzzy feeling I get as an apple user to Fediverse DMs”.
@dansup can you share more info on which underlying protocols you used?
I've been tempted myself for a while to build something like this, but I've always been held back by the fact that Matrix and XMPP already exist, and that I'm unlikely to design something from scratch that is better than them.
Will Sup use Matrix, XMPP or some other existing open protocol? Will it be based on ActivityPub and implement messaging features on top of it? Or will it use/implement yet another protocol (something that probably nobody needs)?
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