Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by grishka on Saturday December 09, 2023 @07:08AM (#38581267)

> So what happens is that I gravitate to other ecosystems.

I use a Mac but an Android phone. Android because I require the ability to install apps from arbitrary sources, including piracy. Mac because modern Windows is so contemptuous towards its users, and desktop Linux falls apart unless you know the intricacies of its internals.

Anyway, transferring files between the two was a pain in the butt that eventually grew so immense I reverse engineered Google's Nearby Share and made this: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop

Though yes, I'm not North American so iMessage is just a non-issue to me. I don't know anyone who uses it. No one uses SMS for actual messaging between people, everyone's SMS inbox is 99% OTP codes and various other automatic notifications. Literally everyone who I communicate with is reachable through Telegram.

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by pjmlp on Saturday December 09, 2023 @10:04AM (#38582460)

Actually it is more like knowing the intricacies of its distribution specific internals.

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by bonney_io on Saturday December 09, 2023 @10:41AM (#38582776)

> I require the ability to install apps from arbitrary sources, including piracy.

No one "requires" access to theft.

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by 4ndrewl on Saturday December 09, 2023 @10:53AM (#38582872)

If you want to play semantics, you can't "buy" a digital service

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by grishka on Saturday December 09, 2023 @12:48PM (#38583919)

Piracy isn't theft because it doesn't deprive anyone of anything, and English isn't my native language.

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