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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by zem on Saturday December 09, 2023 @04:00AM (#38580045)
well, there's proprietary in the sense of "not a standard" and proprietary in the sense of "no one else can make software that uses this protocol". the latter is very weird if you think about it.
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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by NavinF on Saturday December 09, 2023 @07:22AM (#38581376)
Eh not really that weird. Consider how Microsoft repeatedly reverse engineered AOL for compatibility reasons and AOL actively blocked their efforts with every update: https://youtu.be/w-7PjunSxLU

Stuff like this happens all the time and the internet has always been like this. I'm sure older users will remember even older examples

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