That’s one the shitty AI search recommended to me, when searching for a YouMail alternative.
Seeing if there’s something better, that doesn’t require Google Play to download. Hullomail isn’t it, I think you have to pay using Google too, so I couldn’t even use it. I can probably download and install it, but not use it. Maybe I should have put “privacy” in the search too, but that would mean using your computer. Too much work. Also, my voicemails don’t matter that much. Do all that work, for not very many voicemails a month, no thanks.
Can I at least forward YouMail to email? So when the app stops working, I can still use it. You don’t need the app to forward to it. And you can change settings in a browser. Don’t think free people can view the full transcript in a browser, and I don’t think I’d pay for it, since they probably offer no direct download of their app, and not sure how private they are.
Considering YouMail by default puts your name and number in their public database, not very private.
I’ve heard of iPlum, and might have been some bad reviews at the time. Also expensive for transcripts, over $20 a month, if you pay monthly. Also, if you want the app, it looks like you have to use Google Play.
The reason AI is shitty, it’s at the top of the search engine now.
Oh yeah JMP.chat, probably the best option. I think transcripts are included, might not be extra. Is 120 minutes a month enough? If I only use it for voicemail, then probably.
You can use lots of different apps with JMP.chat. You can probably forward transcripts to email and/or the audio. Or every message you get. It’s open source, so why not? Run it 24/7 on your computer, make a script to send what you want to email.
Well, the best option for me would be JMP.chat probably. If you care about your voicemails, then I guess running your own crap, that does transcripts, would be the way to go. Perhaps you can set it up, so the voicemail is all controlled by you with JMP.chat.
Well, you could make an app, or might already be one, that answers it after you don’t, lets them leave a message, and then saves it and transcripts it. I’d run it on your computer, cause phones can be slow, and use a battery.
I don’t think my $150 phone would like making transcripts of my voicemail. Still better then an iPhone.
Too lazy to keep looking. May or may not sign up. I won’t right now, going to bed soon.
But that would be the third solution to fixing my calling. Since one of those apps most likely work, I could just forward everything to it, and then answer or not with the app that works with JMP.chat.
The other option is a different ROM.
And the last option, use the stock ROM, root it, and disable a bunch of crap.
But maybe the calling works now. No idea. I guess I could call myself with JMP.chat, and try and fix it. But easier to just forward to it, and not fuck with it anymore.
But one downside, if you aren’t on WiFi, you will use mobile data, and I don’t have unlimited data. Too cheap to pay for it, and barely use any, WiFi is nice. But I could still make calls from my phone anyways, since that seems to work. So when calling people back, use my cell service, so I don’t use any minutes.
Oh yeah, another downside, if you answer calls that forward to it, 120 minutes a month, may or may not be enough.
Maybe I should look for “JMP.chat alternatives”. Maybe there’s something with an unlimited incoming minute plan.
Two years ago, somebody on Reddit, wasn’t happy with JMP.chat.
Censorship, done by carriers most likely. Ahh carriers are dicks. Maybe don’t use texting on it then, if you need profanity. Can’t you make an AI to make you sound like a kid?
You get more minutes from MySudo for the same price. Does it do transcripts? You get virtual cards though, so I could ditch PayPal.
Requires a Google account and Google services
Will not work on devices that are rooted, have an unlocked bootloader, or run a custom ROM
I thought it was bad enough, that you can’t get it without using Google. But, you might be able to use it with a rooted phone anyways. Just not officially. They think Android is private if it’s stock. So they are a joke company.
You know how much info Android collects? You know how much info Apple collects?
And their desktop one, is for Windows and Mac only. Both horrible operating systems for privacy.
Here are some alternatives to JMP.chat. Silent.link gives you an eSIM. But I don’t want to switch providers, and too cheap to get an eSIM adapter. No voice, so doesn’t help with voicemail.
And inbound text only. Why is AT&T the cheapest? T-Mobile is the most expensive somehow.
And JMP.chat might be the only one with voice, on that list.
You’d need Silent.link and something else for texting and calling. Or maybe just calling, and tell everyone to send messages some other way. And not on an iPhone, or stock Android phone, or Windows, or macOS. But you have to pay with crypto, too much work. Can still be traced, if you buy crypto with a card. Good luck buying with cash, at least in the US.
And I’m not trying to mine.