• sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    4 hours ago

    It’s not a good solution, but from a meme in c/selfhosting i learned that through the price of a used mac mini (about $120 at that time) you can selfhost iMessage on mac, and selfhost a 3rd party free software called Bluebubbles, which, as far as i can tell, uses Google and Cloudflare services to convey the iMessages to your Android phone.

    I’m sure it is a privacy nightmare. But the shunning for not having iMessage from my own family was getting to me, real or imagined.

      • mursejoy@lemmy.zip
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        3 hours ago

        I’ve never had a problem starting over. Used to custom ROM hope back in the day and start with a fresh Android release on the cyanogenmod nightly releases.

        There is nothing in my iMessage that I would be sad to lose moving to Android.

    • Auli@lemmy.ca
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      4 hours ago

      Sure but if you want it to work wirhbpbine number you have to have a phone talk about every seven days.