Beeper has been working in this space for awhile - there's no way they would publish an app with a copyright violation. I assume they have a workaround for that aspect.
venusenvy47
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It looks like Beeper has purchased the software from the person who developed this, but his GitHub repo for it is still up.
He has also created a way to permanently side load apps on iPhone without jailbreaking. I imagine Apple will be working on both of these "problems".
iMessage reverse engineering hack that was purchased by Beeper: https://github.com/JJTech0130/pypush
iPhone side loading: https://github.com/SideStore
It was just reinstated, but probably just after he posted this
Just based on the wide variety of comments in that Reddit post, it sounds like there are many things that can prevent this from working. I don't know all the details of what can go wrong, but it might depend on Android version or any customizations that various manufacturers may have implemented in their Android device.
There probably isn't a single solution to getting this to work, and your problem could possibly be different than my problem.
If you figure it out, let me know. I would love to do this. I have app installed on my tablet and have the smb information entered, but it doesn't show up as Android storage like they describe.
If I were to use this, would I use a Spotify login/password with it? I'm not clear if this app allows you to save playlists and favorites, etc.
I was actually trying to describe having the server folder mounted directly on the Android device, so the download would go straight to the server and never touch your device storage. This would be separate from using Xplore, which doesn't do what I'm thinking of. I tried mounting my NAS as smb using the app in the the below explanation, but it wasn't working.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/cd11yf/mount_smb_share_on_android/
I don't think you will be able to get anything to download to another device using any of these services. I use Unchained to get things saved to my RD area, then I run a script on my NAS to download to it (the NAS). You could maybe get something to work if you were able to mount a network drive onto your phone. Then maybe you could get the phone to download to that mounted drive, instead of to the phone's internal storage. I can access files on network devices from my Android phone and tablet using an app like Xplore, but I've never tried to see if I could have Android mount a network drive, so I am just speculating.
I think I'm saving about $500 per year, so the ad isn't completely accurate. I think they based it on the savings from before they raised the rate to $73.
I went to YouTubeTV earlier this year and it's definitely cheaper than RCN, which recently bought WOW. I have Comcast as a choice but they aren't better. The base rate for RCN that they advertise is $59, but they add four different fees that you don't see until your first bill: Sports Surcharge, Broadcast TV surcharge, franchise fees, and Entertainment Networks Surcharge. After those add-ons it was $115, so I'm saving money because the YouTubeTV price is actually advertised properly, without these ridiculous add ons.
They probably threaten some space telescopes, too. The Starlink satellites are a little higher than Hubble. I would imagine they might take up a decent amount of field of view to Hubble, by being closer.
The article says they are powering it using dedicated transmitters:
"each floor would have one or two RF (radio frequency) power transmitters to power up all switches inside the house."
It's confusing because earlier they talk about energy harvesting, which implies "free". But then they talk about how you will need to run these transmitters, which certainly isn't free.