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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by JoshTriplett on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:58PM (#38538135)
I think it's a bad idea to lock out unattested clients, and as long as third-party clients are accepted, spam will always be sendable. If you're not doing end-to-end encryption, you can catch it at send time by having the server reject the client for sending spam. If you're doing end-to-end encryption, the only options are the sender or the recipient, and attempting to block it at the sender would require prohibiting interoperability.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by nl on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @08:22PM (#38539365)
While I love the principle of accepting third-party clients, Apple clearly doesn't which make this argument fairly non-compelling for them.