Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android

Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by gorkish on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @12:48PM (#38534334)

OTOH this software existing does change the conversation, especially if the solution gains significant media attention or becomes popular. Hopefully this solution passes muster and does effect some kind of change.

Remember when Apple promised that Facetime would be based on SIP and would be interoperable? Neither does anyone. I hope that someone opens this Pandora's box also and gives it to every grandma on the planet before Apple has a chance to ban it.

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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by wicktron on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @12:57PM (#38534493)

The VirtnetX patent case is what crushed interopable FaceTime.

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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by gorkish on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @12:15PM (#38615148)

You have any other fairytales to tell us?

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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by danieldk on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @01:13PM (#38534736)

This indeed changes a lot. If this gets enough traction to be visible and Apple blocks it, it’ll further complicate their relations with the European Commission, who are currently investigating whether iMessage should be regulated under the Digital Markets Act.

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