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:

  1. I need to open the app every two weeks on my second phone (which tends to get lost when I need it).
  2. 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!

  • ShimitarAEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I run a few bridged, with Continuwuity.

    First of all, great choice. It works perfectly and it’s very light on resources. Totally different from Synapse, specially for few users (1 user in my case) instances.

    The wa bridge works just fine, but I wouldn’t rely on in for critical messages. Actually in two years I never lost a message, but … Well … My wife would NOT like that I lose even one message from her in real time.

    Here my experience https://wiki.gardiol.org/5-matrix-hosting (personal wiki, no ads, no monetization)