Thanks to everyone who posts here and the mod who created the comm.

I first heard of this concept in a thread here on Lemmy. So now learning about it and looking into everything. Thanks guys!!

  • ryannathans@aussie.zone
    113·
    7 days ago

    Wait till you find out about meshcore that runs on the same hardware!

    Whole new rabbit hole. Australia has all but entirely moved to meshcore due to the issues with scaling meshtastic in cities

    • KryptonBlur@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      Unfortunately the primary apps and the firmware for some devices is proprietary. That leaves a bad taste in my mouth for a project like this.

      • Draconic NEO@mander.xyz
        2·
        5 days ago

        I’m in agreement, I’m not a fan of services or communities who base their interfaces and projects on proprietary crap.

      • ryannathans@aussie.zone
        11·
        7 days ago

        What devices? People are free to licence their apps however they wish. There’s four entirely separate firmwares for my companion that vary from fully open to fully closed and paid

        • KryptonBlur@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          I believe the T-deck firmware is proprietary.

          And I realise that people can license their apps however they want, I’m just saying the main apps endorsed by the project are proprietary.

          • Draconic NEO@mander.xyz
            2·
            5 days ago

            I think it’s problematic when communities give support and endorsement for proprietary firmware and apps as official solutions. The fact that you had trouble finding open source firmware because most of the crap they promote is proprietary is literally the problem.

          • ryannathans@aussie.zone
            2·
            7 days ago

            There’s several proprietary tdeck firmwares endorsed by the project like meshos and ripple. Like all the other companions there’s open source firmware available and you’re free to work on your own too

    • scotmartin@feddit.org
      3·
      7 days ago

      Doesn’t Meshcore require infrastructure that someone needs to set up (repeaters or something?) and the software costs license fees ?

      • ryannathans@aussie.zone
        21·
        7 days ago

        No licence fees (unless you count specific proprietary firmwares which are not necessary at all), and any device can be a repeater