Re:AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac
by alfalfasprout on Saturday September 05, 2020 @05:39PM
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You can thank VirnetX and its patent-troll CEO Kendall Larsen for this. Apple's still fighting them in court over Facetime and iMessage is covered by patents VirnetX claims to own. Apple could not open up iMessage even if it wanted to.
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Re:AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac
by justapassenger on Saturday September 05, 2020 @07:22PM
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That seems like a weak excuse. Why would patent trolls affect ability to open a standard but not affect ability to ship and profit from software using that standard for a decade?
Apple is known for many things, and they make pretty damn good products, but open standards isn't one of the things they're known for.